Chapter 28 Chapter Twenty-Eight Begins with Repaying a Good Woman

Twelve o'clock came sooner than they expected.Feng Lan rested her head on Ding Xiaoye's lap, and said with some melancholy: "Is this how the day goes?" Ding Xiaoye was silent, and wrapped her hair around his hand.Feng Lan's dark brown hair is soft and tough, slightly curly, like a snake piercing through his fingertips. "What are you going to tell me? Why did you have a conflict with Zeng Fei?" Feng Lan also knew that some things had to be faced sooner or later. Ding Xiaoye never thought of deceiving Feng Lan, he just tried his best to avoid it, because he knew that the truth he could give was definitely not the result Feng Lan expected.

"I did one thing wrong seven years ago," he said. "How wrong is it?" Feng Lan asked.She has long seen the gray mist around Ding Xiaoye, it is this barrier that makes him stop every time he is about to approach her. Feng Lan also imagined various possibilities in his mind.Homosexuality and terminal illness are the worst plans she has ever made.But since Zeng Fei got involved, everything pointed to another answer in her heart that she didn't want to touch. "Could you be a gangster who raped, murdered and looted, and did all kinds of evil?" Feng Lan asked.

"That's right. I broke the law, that's why I hid in Czardeni for seven years." Ding Xiaoye felt Feng Lan slowly sit up.Her hair was still entangled in his hands, and she was inadvertently pulled in pain. She let out a low cry, and Ding Xiaoye quickly let go, watching the hair on her fingertips meandering past like a frightened snake. Doubting in my heart and being confirmed by him are two different things.Feng Lan walked to the other side of the sofa and sat down. She had to do this so that she could calmly listen to what he was going to say next. Ding Xiaoye looked at his empty palm in vain.accident?not at all.Shouldn't a normal person who wishes to live a good life keep a distance from him?

"Now you know you're afraid?" He clasped his palms together, lowered his head and smiled. Feng Lan reached out his hand to stop him, "What crime is it?" This is not a question of whether you are afraid or not. The key to analyzing specific issues depends on the nature and motivation of the crime.Feng Lan bit her lip and said frankly: "I can't accept rapists, women abducted, drug dealers, child molesters... Robbery is also abhorrent!" The more Feng Lan talked, the colder he felt.She is an ordinary woman, and there are too many sins she cannot accept.

"I have something to do with someone's death. He is a policeman." Ding Xiaoye gave her the answer directly.He couldn't bear to prolong the revealing process for too long, it was also a torture for him. It took Feng Lan a long time to say "Oh" dully.She was lucky just now, maybe it was just a simple financial case, but which kind of financial case is worth seven years of hiding in a remote place? The most painful thing for Feng Lan was not only that she understood what Ding Xiaoye's simple words meant, but that she was startled, but not surprised, she had a premonition about everything.It's like people falling into a deep sleep after setting the alarm clock. No matter how sweet the sleep is or how beautiful the dream is, you know that it will wake you up at a certain point sooner or later. Even if you are nostalgic and tossing and turning, you must open your eyes.

Now is the time for the bell to ring. "Is your name real?" She looked at him again with her arms around her shoulders.It's still the same eyebrows and eyes that make her heart flutter, the chin is a small wound she made when she shaved, maybe her smell is still on his lips.But besides these, what else is real to him? Ding Xiaoye said: "My previous name was Cui Ting. You guessed it right, the 'Jiangnan outside the Great Wall' you have been to is a restaurant opened by my mother.Zeng Fei solved a big case seven years ago, and the principal culprit, Cui Kejian, was my father.Most of what I tell you about my family is true.And... Cui Yan's biological mother, Duan Jinglin, is another woman of my father's, so you understand, right? "

Immediately afterwards, Ding Xiaoye told Feng Lan about the part he had concealed.Seven years ago, Cui Kejian successfully escaped after the incident and hid in a private house in the countryside.For half of his life, he was a man who called the wind and rain, but after the accident, everyone betrayed his relatives, and the only ones he could trust were his closest relatives.Before Cui Kejian was about to flee abroad, Ding Xiaoye went to see his father for the last time. In that country house, the father and son who hadn't seen each other for a long time had no intention of saying goodbye, but fell into a sad stalemate. .

Cui Kejian was not surprised that he faced such an end.He had already prepared a way out for himself and his closest relatives.Cui Kejian never let his son get involved in his "business", which is one of the wisest decisions he has ever made.Ding Xiaoye obviously didn't care about it either. Compared to his father's filthy business, which was beautiful on the outside, he would rather be like his mother, guarding a restaurant in peace and order.Ding Xiaoye's foundation is clean, his only stain is that he is Cui Kejian's son, this is blood, he cannot make a choice or change, there is no need for him to hide in Tibet with his father.All he had to do was to avoid the aftermath of this incident after his father left, and take his mother to another place to continue to live peacefully.

It's just that none of them expected that Mother Ono's illness would deteriorate rapidly at this juncture.The doctor in charge had just said that the newly imported injections worked well and was expected to curb the further spread of cancer cells, but her body suddenly collapsed.The nurse said she had just read the morning paper before slipping into a deep coma. At that time, it was the time when the media reported the victory of the city's largest anti-crime case. Both Ding Xiaoye and his father knew that this accident destroyed his mother's belief in a race against death.The reason why she is still struggling and unwilling to end the pain is nothing more than looking forward to seeing the man she loves for the last time.

Cui Kejian insisted on going to the hospital to accompany Ono's mother on her last journey. This was her last wish, and it was also his.This woman is the biggest debt in his life, he gave her too much emptiness and waiting, and he has never been faithful.He has a wider world than her, and there are always many things that are more important than her to do. At one point, he was addicted to Duan Jinglin's tenderness, thinking that the only thing that remained between him and his son's mother was a deep love. affection.But now that he has fallen to this point, what he can't let go of the most is the promise to accompany her to Czardeni to die.

Ding Xiaoye disagreed with his father's adventure, although he hoped that his father would appear in front of the hospital bed more than anyone else, but his mother's last wish was fulfilled.Although he is young, he acts cautiously, and he knows his relatives well.No matter how the outside world demonizes his father, Cui Kejian is not vicious in essence, at least it doesn't look like that.On the contrary, Cui Kejian is tall and thin, and his first impression is reserved and slightly dull.He can treat people very well, and he can also be extremely cruel.In Ding Xiaoye's view, he is not even as thoughtful as others think. Many important decisions in his life are driven by emotions—success and failure. Cui Kejian told his son that he no longer had the extravagant hope of "coming back from the mountain", and that fleeing was just a matter of lingering on his last breath.If you can't even see Mother Ono for the last time, even if you are alive, you will not feel good for the rest of your life. However, Ding Xiaoye understood too well the risk his father would take when he returned to the hospital at this time. His mother was dying, and he was about to lose his mother. He didn't want to lose his father so soon.The rumors outside are getting tighter, Zeng Fei's task force may catch his father at any moment, and the matter of leaving is imminent, there is no room for further mistakes, and there will be someone from overseas to respond.Ding Xiaoye has reason to believe that if his mother is still conscious, she would not want to watch her loved one go to danger. Cui Kejian was silent, as if he was persuaded by his son. Ding Xiaoye couldn't stay for long, and had to return to the hospital where his mother was with some necessities left behind for his father. Before leaving, Ding Xiaoye heard his father's phone ringing, which surprised him.Only Cui Kejian's closest people know the number of this phone, except for their mother and son, the only other possibility is Duan Jinglin. Ding Xiaoye couldn't believe that his father even gave Duan Jinglin the number. If it wasn't for that woman, how could they be here today?In fact, long before the accident, Cui Kejian realized that something was wrong with Zeng Fei and Duan Jinglin's "accidental reunion" and thought of getting rid of the policeman.Helplessly, Duan Jinglin pleaded bitterly, pleading with her life, and kept saying that Zeng Fei joined the police force purely through her father's cover to find a job. Well done.She cried so sadly that her family had long been far away from her, and Zeng Fei was like her mother's family to her.For this reason, Cui Kejian hesitated, and what happened later is self-evident. As Ding Xiaoye expected, it was Duan Jinglin who called. Cui Kejian looked at the buzzing phone for a long time, but didn't answer it, but he didn't put it down either.The woman was also stubborn, and the bell rang over and over again. Ding Xiaoye decisively cut off the call for his father. The return journey was long, and before Ding Xiaoye's car drove out of the country road, he saw several small cars approaching him.It was late at that time, and there were not many vehicles passing through such a remote place, not to mention that although these vehicles had ordinary license plates, they were close in type, one after the other, as if heading straight to somewhere under the darkness of night. Ding Xiaoye knew something was wrong, and immediately thought of calling his father to warn him.To his surprise, his father's phone was actually busy.Ding Xiaoye guessed something, a burst of despair. He came here with his father many times when he was young, so he was quite familiar with the road conditions in this area. He immediately took a small road and turned back before the convoy arrived, trying to help his father escape. There is a national road and two provincial roads within two kilometers of Cui Kejian's hiding place, and the trails leading to these major roads are even more accessible, which is why he chose this place.When Ding Xiaoye arrived, Cui Kejian's phone call was still warm.He snatched the phone, immediately took out the battery, broke the SIM card, and smashed the remaining phone wreckage into the corner.Cui Kejian also realized something, his expression changed, he gritted his teeth, but he didn't say anything. Duan Jinglin is the only woman Cui Kejian cared about besides Ono's mother.The reason why he took pity on her at the beginning was because she resembled Xiao Ye's mother when she was young.Ono's mother was sick for a long time, and Duan Jinglin inadvertently comforted Cui Kejian.Although their relationship may not be as strong as that of a young couple, but he thinks he treats her kindly, and even treats Cui Yan kindly.After the accident, he had doubted and angered this woman.Duan Jinglin sent countless messages to confirm his safety, and made countless phone calls, but Cui Kejian never responded.However, deep down in his heart, he never believed that this woman would wholeheartedly put him to death, nor did he believe that none of the kindness he had received over the years was true. When he answered the phone call, he just wanted to regard it as the final break between himself and Duan Jinglin.Duan Jinglin cried heartbreakingly, Cui Kejian didn't mention where she was, only said that she was safe and let her live a good life by herself in the future. The situation does not allow them to think too much, and they can no longer stay here.Cui Kejian got into Ding Xiaoye's car and tried to escape the encirclement before the police convoy arrived according to the escape route planned in advance. Ding Xiaoye drove intently, the night ahead was as dark as ink.The other party came prepared, and escaping would not be easy.They got rid of one of their tails and were about to leave the country path. Before reaching the national road, Cui Kejian signaled Ding Xiaoye to get off the car, and he drove the rest of the way by himself. If he was caught, his son would not be implicated by him. Ding Xiaoye didn't say a word. At this time, his mobile phone placed in front of the instrument panel was ringing inappropriately.He glanced at it hurriedly, it was the number of the hospital.There is only one possibility for an incoming call at this time. Ding Xiaoye's palms were sweating, but his back felt chilly.The more he didn't dare to think about it, the more he refused to let him go, as if the ringtone was in a hurry. Cui Kejian answered the phone for his son.After listening to the other party quietly, he put down his phone and said to Ding Xiaoye, "Go back to the hospital!" The hospital was heading back to the city, and the route they should take was to follow the national highway all the way south to the border. Ding Xiaoye didn't seem to hear his father's words. "I'll make you turn around and go back to the hospital!" Cui Kejian repeated it again. At this pass, his tone was surprisingly calm. Ding Xiaoye glanced at his father in disbelief, they all knew what it meant to turn around at this time. Ding Xiaoye didn't stop, and Cui Kejian, who was sitting in the passenger seat, didn't argue with him, and abruptly turned the steering wheel in his son's hand.Ding Xiaoye was shocked, the car swayed, and he was forced to step on the brakes.Before the car stopped in time, Cui Kejian opened the car door on his son's side, and pushed Ding Xiaoye out of the car involuntarily. "Hurry up, don't let people see you here." Cui Kejian confessed, looking at Ding Xiaoye, who leaned over with his hands on the car window with a anxious face, and said again, "Don't worry, I have a way. There is a small road You can go back to the city, they don't necessarily know. You go your own way, leave me alone." Ding Xiaoye watched helplessly as his father turned the car around, and the light from the tail lights gradually disappeared into the shadows of trees that were darker than night.He stood still for a moment, and just when he had settled down and planned to walk on the national highway and try to find a way to rush back to the hospital by himself, he heard a strange noise in his ear. The source of the sound was probably hundreds of meters away. The countryside was quiet at night, and the sound was very clear to the ears.Ding Xiaoye followed the sound and ran all the way. When he arrived at the fork in the road where the incident happened, he saw the off-road vehicle that his father gave him as a 20th birthday present parked there silently, and there was a dark jeep beside him. . Ding Xiaoye stepped forward as if in a dream, and the crackling sound of the dead leaves under his feet seemed to be drowned in his heartbeat. Part of the front hood of his car was sunken in, and the dark-colored Jeep was in even worse condition. It was squeezed between the off-road vehicle and a big banyan tree beside the road, with all the glass shattered and the body seriously twisted. Judging from the situation, it must be that Cui Kejian was trying to go around the fork in the road, and there was a car rushing out ahead, which seemed to be outflanking.One wanted to intercept, and the other was determined to break through. Neither car had brake marks. Cui Kejian fell forward, the airbag on the car had been deployed, and the sound of Ding Xiaoye smashing the window glass with stones on the side of the road made him move, and he let out a hoarse moan, but he was awake after all. "Dad, what's wrong with you?" Ding Xiaoye successfully opened the car door. He didn't know where his father was injured for a while, so he didn't dare to act rashly, so he asked eagerly. Cui Kejian shook his head, as if such a simple action had exhausted all his strength. Ding Xiaoye then turned around to check the situation of the jeep.The driver, who was sandwiched between the steering wheel and the deformed door, remained motionless, and half of his body was soaked in blood. Ding Xiaoye suppressed his panic, passed his hand through the broken glass window, and pressed on the man's carotid artery.When he quickly withdrew his hand, the fragments of glass on the car window brushed his arm, and he didn't feel it. His heart was colder than his finger soaked in the opponent's blood. The man had no signs of life. After observing closely, Ding Xiaoye discovered that the other party was wearing plain clothes and looked not much older than himself.His head was drooping on his chest at an odd angle, and a corner of something stuck out of a breast pocket just below his chin.Ding Xiaoye held his breath and pulled it out. It was a police officer card soaked in blood. "He's dead?" Cui Kejian asked with difficulty, every word he uttered had to endure severe pain, "We can't stay here...they split up and the others are coming soon. You can't stay here...for me Tell your mother, let her not worry, wait for me again, the last time!" "Go and tell her yourself!" Ding Xiaoye had made up his mind at this time, carefully moved his father to the back of the car, and then started the car.His father's generosity paid off, and the car was so damaged it was able to be restarted.He reversed the car and drove in the direction of the hospital. "Don't be stupid. Your mother will blame me!" Cui Kejian tried to stop his son. Ding Xiaoye looked at his father from the rearview mirror and said, "No, she is still waiting for us." Cui Kejian was well aware of his son's temper, so he didn't try to persuade him any more. He took a few breaths and his voice was weak. "Ah Ting, do you blame me for not always being by your side?" "Somewhat!" Compared with the dependence with his mother, Ding Xiaoye and his father did not spend long time together.Especially after he became an adult, he was very indifferent to the existence of his father.Looking forward to my father coming home is more to make my mother happy. In addition to loving his son, Cui Kejian also has a sense of indebtedness.If the father and son had a dispute, he would give in to his son more and listen to Ding Xiaoye in everything.Ding Xiaoye seldom asked him anything except to let him spend more time with his mother. "When I first got together with your mother, I promised her that I would give her a stable life and open a husband and wife restaurant. She will be in charge and I will be responsible for serving the guests. When I am old, I will go back to Czardni with her and die. I was also buried under the snow peak... Ah Ting, I am very happy that you are like your mother." "My mother is prettier than you." Cui Kejian laughed, but the price was coughing for a long time.They seem to have returned to many years ago, when Ding Xiaoye was still young, the father and son drove to the countryside for night fishing, talking one after another. "That was the first time I saw her. According to her, I opened my mouth like a fool... Ting, promise me one thing, send your mother away, hurry up, go as far as you can Don’t worry about us anymore. Remember the ID card I left you before? Forget about these things and change your way of life. Find someone you love and spend the rest of your life with her, don’t be like me.” The waning moon was hidden in the thick clouds, and it was dark where the headlights could not reach.Cui Kejian didn't speak any more, Ding Xiaoye heard a slight and intermittent ticking sound, like a tap that was not turned off tightly waking up a half-awake person.Yet he knew it wasn't the sound of water, but his father's blood spreading and dripping slowly from the edge of the leather seat beneath him. When moving Cui Kejian, Ding Xiaoye discovered that the most serious injury on his father's body was not the impact of the two cars colliding, but the bullet hole under the left shoulder, which was hidden under the dark clothes at first.This is probably also the reason why he was so determined to collide with the policeman to the death. The lights of the urban area gradually came into sight, but they couldn't shine into my heart.Ding Xiaoye parked the car at the back door of the hospital where his mother was. "Dad, we're here." No one answered him. He walked into his mother's ward alone, and the bed was already empty. According to the nurse, his mother did not wake up and passed away in a coma.This is a blessing in misfortune, maybe my mother didn't realize the absence of the two most important men in her life in the end. Her lifeless face was more serene than when she was tortured by the disease. The serenity reminded Ding Xiaoye of an afternoon when she quietly accompanied him to do his homework. He looked up at his mother, and she smiled back. Ding Xiaoye told Feng Lan that he actually knew that his father was not wronged when he fell into this day, but after all, he was the one who gave birth to him and raised him. No matter how evil he was, in his eyes, he was just his father, and he couldn't just watch him Going to a dead end.Hidden in his heart was an extravagant thought that couldn't be more stupid, maybe they could have a family reunion one day. Unexpectedly, my father and mother were reunited. There is only him left in this world.The nurse on duty at night was a familiar face to Ding Xiaoye, and she was quite frightened by Ding Xiaoye who was covered in blood.Ding Xiaoye explained that he was in a hurry and had a small accident on the way.He stayed before his mother's sick bed all the year round, and the nurses praised him a lot. They also felt sorry for him who had just lost his mother, so they took the initiative to treat the wound on his arm that was cut by glass. Ding Xiaoye stayed with his mother in the mortuary for most of the night. When the police arrived in a hurry at dawn, he was nowhere to be seen. Cui Kejian's body was only found on the "vehicle that caused the accident". He didn't intend to run away at first, but was driven forward by an inexplicable force.He fled the scene with his father in order to see his mother.But mom is gone, dad is gone too, where should he go? That night, Ding Xiaoye wandered the streets and bought the evening paper of that day, which published the news of the policeman's death in the line of duty. He also became the target that the police were eager to arrest.He finally understood the meaning of what his father had said. There was no turning back when he opened his bow. Once he took the first step, even if he turned back, he would no longer be the original self. The last tragedy of the young policeman appeared in Ding Xiaoye's dream every night, and he was considered by the police as the suspect who killed someone.Ding Xiaoye didn't want to get rid of the crime in the past, and his father's crime was also his.When he was most desperate, he remembered his father's last words, and thought of Czardni, whom his mother had always missed. That was the only direction he could see. He hid in a small hotel for three days, anonymously sent the last sum of money his father left him to the family of the dead policeman, and then embarked on the long journey to Czardni.From then on, he was no longer Cui Ting, but a young man of Han nationality living in the frontier, his name was "Ding Xiaoye". After listening to the "story", Feng Lan remained silent.For Ding Xiaoye, silence is a kind of usual test. "This 'story' is more bizarre than my usual lies, right? It doesn't matter if you don't believe it, Zeng Fei will tell you the truth. He will probably portray me in a worse light, which is not a big deal. In my heart, he is not either. What a good man." After Ding Xiaoye said this, Feng Lan was still in a state of distraction, he was inexplicably agitated, even if she immediately stood up to question him and cast aside him, it would be better than now.He picked up a pillow and threw it on the other side of her, "Scared? I told you not to pester me, you must die... How do you say a word? 'When the belt gets wider, you will regret it'...Feng Lan, you In a word, I can go right away..." Feng Lan took a long breath, and threw the pillow back, "Since when did you become a lot of nonsense? Don't make noise, I'm thinking about something very important..." "What's the matter?" Ding Xiaoye walked to her side, squatted down, and put his hands on her bare knees.He felt a thin layer of goose bumps on Feng Lan's skin, but she didn't move. Feng Lan hesitated, and touched his freshly cut hair, "I was thinking, what would happen if you turned yourself in now and told the truth to the police? If you go to jail, how many years will you be sentenced to?" "You want me to surrender?" Ding Xiaoye rested his forehead on her lap. Feng Lan's throat was burning, "Are you willing to bear these crimes and be shamed for the rest of your life? Even if you are willing, I will not agree. No, I have to consult a lawyer. How will the sentence be in such a situation?" "What if the police decide that I killed that policeman and I can't get out for the rest of my life?" "For the rest of my life... I will wait for you for twenty-four years at most." This was the first time Feng Lan mentioned "waiting" after learning the truth.Ding Xiaoye was afraid of this word, but he couldn't deny that he selfishly expected it. "Twenty-four years" sounds strange and abrupt, like a casual dream. Feng Lan said: "My mother went through menopause at the age of fifty-four. Most women's menstrual cycles follow mother's. I can only wait until that time. If you still can't come out, you will have a good life anyway. It doesn't matter if you have a man or not. , let me continue to live alone." Ding Xiaoye buried his head in a smile, his shoulders shook.Feng Lan often makes surprising remarks, this is the most absurd and saddest joke he has ever heard. Feng Lan pushed his shoulders back, looked at his face and said, "Let me ask you one more thing. Your name is fake, so what about your age? Actually, you are older than me, right?" The corner of Ding Xiaoye's mouth twitched, "I am one and a half months younger than the age on my current ID card." Feng Lan let go of his hand in disappointment, it was still younger than her. "I am determined to tell you this, because you have the right to know what kind of person you love. You don't have a good eye, but you are a good person. You don't need to doubt this." Ding Xiaoye read her mind and said calmly , "I will understand any choice you make..." Before he could finish speaking, Feng Lan slapped Feng Lan half-truthfully on the face again. "Bastard, don't speak so nicely. Don't you think I'm stupid?" Ever since she loved him, has there been any other choice? Ding Xiaoye covered his face, Feng Lan's blow was not serious, but he greeted his wound, which made half of his face numb slightly, and countless ants were crawling in his heart.He hugged her and leaned towards her indiscriminately, kissed her, hugged her, and entangled her. He is selfish, selfish to the core.The only noble time, when he said harsh words to her in the restaurant, he already regretted it before he walked out the door.He is doomed not to be a good person, how did those awe-inspiring fulfillment come about?Knowing that it is human to say "I don't love you, don't wait" at this time, if he can't say it, he will be a rogue to the end. Ding Xiaoye wanted Feng Lan to wait for him, day by day, year by year.Even if she repented halfway, changed her mind, and married someone else, it still gave him hope.For the past seven years, he has been like a lonely soul in the world, unable to stay or go, he doesn't even know what the purpose of existence is, isn't it because he lacks hope?Now, he has to cheer up, surrender himself, and pay off the debt he should pay, so that he is worthy of saying that word in his lifetime.There is a silly woman waiting for him, and he has to live to give her an explanation. Feng Lan held his head and pressed it against her chest, "I don't want to call you Cui Ting." What she loves is the bad man Ding Xiaoye, who is as agile as a wolf, as erratic as a bird, and as stubborn as a dead duck.He is a rascal more than anyone else, and he knows Feng Lan's weaknesses better than anyone else. He doesn't pay attention to anything, but he just happens to be embedded in her heart.And who is Cui Ting?She felt strange. Ding Xiaoye nodded.It was Cui Ting who depended on his mother for life, and it was only Ding Xiaoye who was embraced by the woman he loved.He has experienced great changes in his life. Money, status, beauty, and youth will all go away in the end. How can it be better than an ordinary lunch, warm embrace, smile when he is tired, and good morning by his pillow? "I've thought about the things you said. You made mistakes before, very wrong, so you have to do a lot of good things in the rest of your life to make up for it." She gently stroked his hair, "Then Let's start by repaying a good woman wholeheartedly."