Chapter 9 Chapter nine

I crawl on the ground. Thanks to her coming to save me, I rushed out of the door, Zuo Shudong held a gun, and kept backing away. When the two of us got out of the door, she closed the door tightly and locked it immediately. I stand up. Zuo Shudong asked me: "How are you?" I covered my throat with my hands tiredly, "I—" "How did you meet him?" She dragged me downstairs in a hurry. I still can't make a sound. "Request evidence from him? Don't even think about it. This will only fuel his arrogance." Zuo Shudong said sadly, "If necessary, I have no choice but to kill him!"

I shook my head in fear, "No—" She pulled me into her car and drove off at full speed. She drove the car to the suburbs and stopped. She asked me: "Aren't you going to America? Do you still have love for Wensi?" I just nodded. "When Wensi recovers, I'll help you two go far away." I sigh. "Where do you live now? Is it still your cousin's house?" I nodded again. "I'll take you back, you have a good rest, leave this matter in my hands, and I will settle it." She said it very confidently and calmly. I took her hand, my eyes full of questions.

"How can I find out about the matter between you and Teng Haiqi? People who come out just need to inquire, and it's not difficult to find out. Teng Haiqi couldn't get a foothold in the mall, so he only fell in love with my money. After marrying me, he has always felt a sense of degradation. He Look down on me, trample on me." My eyes turned to the window. We a bunch of people, we didn't know what old grudges we had in our previous lives, but in this life we ​​collided again, putting on such a wonderful show with twists and turns. "I will contact you. If Wen Situ improves, I will take him home. You don't have to go to the hospital to see him."

I narrowly escaped death, and my last trace of courage evaporated, so I nodded. Zuo Shudong sent me home. Gina was startled and took the mirror over for me to have a look.There are streaks of blue and purple on my neck, and there are a few fingerprints, which are clearly visible on the skin. "It doesn't matter if you die, I ask your parents what to do?" Gina said. My eyes turned black, like countless mosquitoes and flies flying together, and finally passed out. When I woke up, my mother was crying on the bedside. Ah Zhang sat on the sofa with Ji Na in silence. When my mother saw that I woke up, she stopped crying and gave me medicine.

In this way, she came and went, went and came again, and it was Wen Si who came up to see me in the end. He recovered before me, and he was more nonchalant than me. He said, "I've moved, to the country." Talking about unimportant things. I nod. He handed me a newspaper, which was marked in prominent words: "Zuo Wenen and others won the Top Ten Most Achievement Awards." "Huh—" I was surprised.He never mentioned it to me. He said, "It was named by the Garment Chamber of Commerce." I said, "You don't seem to quite believe it." "If you believe that the beauty queen selected last year is the most beautiful age-appropriate woman in Hong Kong, then you may as well believe in this award."

"It's nothing short of an honor." "Yes." He said calmly. He has been indifferent, and has not expressed surprise at all achievements. "Have you returned to the company? Haven't you been back for a long time?" "On the track in the store, I don't have to stare at it to have business." Talking about it, not getting to the point. Finally he asked, "You forgive me?" "There is nothing to forgive," I said sincerely, "This is a personal free choice, it does not hinder others, and it is never wrong. Since there is nothing wrong, why should others forgive."

"Your size is really amazing." He smiled wryly, "But it doesn't mean you will marry me. I'd better not be too wishful thinking." How can I answer? "Let me see your wound." I looked around and said to him. He did not extend his hand generously. "These days, my sister and I are very close. We have an unprecedented understanding, and adversity brings us closer." Wen Si said. I nodded and said, "Every dark cloud has a silver edge." We are silent. He held my hand and stuck it to his face, and it took a long time for him to let go.

I finally asked, "Did he continue to persecute you?" He raised his eyes and looked into the distance. "I've tried to call the police many times." "If you bring him to justice, it will have a huge impact on you." "I don't care. I come back from the circle of hell, and I feel that as long as I can bask in the sun, I will be happy. This will pass, and I will always get rid of him. I can end everything here and go to a foreign country and buy a small farm to be a farmer. .” I laughed out loud at what he said. "But my sister is still negotiating with him. You know, she has a lot of festivals these days, and she is willing to give everything in exchange for evidence."

I was surprised, "That Teng Haiqi is going to get rich, with several luxury cars, houses and villas with more than three floors, seven shops, and countless jewelry securities and cash. He can go overseas as an apartment for the rest of his life." "I didn't realize until today that my sister loves me so much." Wen Si's eyes were moist. "Is Teng Haiqi willing?" I asked. "He doesn't want to." This was unexpected, "He won't refuse." "You guessed wrong this time." Wen Si held his head in both hands, "He is like a cat that has caught a mouse. You have to tease and play with it to vent the hatred in your heart."

"Then you should explain to him that you will desperately confess to the police. At worst, the whole world will know about it. At worst, you will not be eligible to receive the top ten achievement awards. I hate people threatening me and blackmailing me, 'If you don't... I Just...' It's endless, who knows how many copies he printed, and he can't be held hostage by him for the rest of his life." "I'll talk to him." Wen Si's face was a little pale. I sigh. "But my sister thinks that things are not irreparable. The two of us have struggled for more than 20 years to get to where I am today. I can understand her feelings. Let go of all this and go elsewhere. Everything has to start from the beginning. She is really tired..."

"Vince, I hope things will have a good result." "Your sister has moved out of Teng's house, or is it always not Teng's house, but Zuo's house?" I changed the topic, "Have you met any friends? Xiao Yang is such a lovely person." The first time I saw Xiao Yang, I knew that kind of person he was, but Zuo Wensi, he didn't look like him at all. "Yunna, if none of this had happened, would we have a chance to be together?" I looked up and said, "I don't know." It all depends on how necessary marriage is at the time. If you really want to get married, the donkey head can also be your ideal partner.When you don't want to get married, marrying into the royal family still feels that you don't have personal freedom. When I met Wensi, I really hoped for a home, I really thought that relationships could be cultivated, and I really felt that marriage would be good for me. But now everything is different. Ah Zhang is right, he is a bystander, and Wensi will always need to be taken care of. This may be the reason why he fell into Teng's trap. At this moment, I just feel that I have a moral right to help him cheer up. "I heard that you bought your plane tickets and are leaving." "Hmm." I lowered my head. "It's for me, you are determined to spend this difficult time with me." Also because Teng Haiqi is our common enemy. During this period of time, we resumed contact, and we needed each other's company, but it was difficult for this kind of relationship to spark.I know. Now that the big festival is in full swing, Wen Si asked me to go to a big ball, and I decided to make an appearance with him. why not?The left is death and the right is death, it is better to have fun, and play with him lively before the sky is over. He ordered me a bright red evening gown with a low cut. I smiled and asked, "Didn't you say you only make black and white clothes?" He whispered: "Sell them black and white, you wear red?" I lifted up the red skirt, and when I tried it on, the whalebone at the waist made me breathless. I don't have a small waist of forty centimeters. Vince's assistant held my hair and said with a smile, "Queen of the Prom." Another said: "This dress can only be worn once, everyone is watching, who will forget." "Thank you, Vince." "Put a shawl on her," Vince said. A small piece of white fox fur immediately covered my bare shoulders, and everything was perfectly set off. "And the necklace I borrowed from my sister," he said. A large ball of crystals is as brilliant as an ornament on a Christmas tree. I touched my neck, I was really thin, my skin was dull and my eyes were dry, but it didn't matter.There is a kind of powder that will make you shine, and a drop of eye drops will make your eyes watery, everything can be artificial. But we didn't make it. That afternoon, Wen Si said, "I showed my cards to Teng." I already knew he wouldn't be in the mood to dance. "What did he say?" I asked anxiously. "He told me to call the police." Vince was frustrated, "He's not afraid." "He's just scaring you," I hope Teng knows what he's doing. "You know what he said? He said I couldn't live without it," Wen Si said firmly, "but I would rather lose my reputation than go back." "For my sake?" "Also because I'm sick of that life," Vince said. "Then Teng hated the wrong person." I felt relieved. "I really don't understand why he wants to pester me. He can find someone who is cuter and younger than me." Vince said. "Have you ever heard of Unreconciled?" I asked, "Otherwise, why would there be so many self-deprecating confessions in the Secret Weekly?" "Stop talking." "Wensi, do you want to come to my place?" "No need to." "Do you want someone to accompany you?" "Xiao Yang will come." "Well, let's spend a real Christmas Eve at home. If you want to find me, I'm at home." "Where's Gina?" Wen Si asked me, "Are you with me?" "He and Ah Zhang are going to dance until dawn." "I'm sorry, Yunna." "Wen Si, you're welcome. You chat with Xiao Yang." I poured a glass of wine by myself and wanted to cry alone, but nothing could squeeze the tears out. I slept. When Gina came back, it was almost dawn, and I heard her "shh", telling Ah Zhang not to make noise. I turn around. Hearing that Gina came to bed in the dark, she didn't know if she had put on her makeup or not. I am fast asleep again. When someone rang the doorbell vigorously, we both jumped out of bed together. With sleepy eyes, I called out, "If it's Teng Haiqi, don't open your mouth." "I know." Gina put on her coat and went out. I hugged the quilt and sat on the bed, my heart pounding. Gina came in after a while with a surprised expression on her face. "Yunna, the police are looking for you." "Police?" I opened my mouth wide, completely drowsy. "Put on your shirt and go out." I had to put a tracksuit over my pajamas and run to the living room, where two plainclothes detectives showed me my ID. " "Miss Wang Yunna?" "yes." "Please follow us to the police station for questioning and assist in the investigation of a case." I swallowed my saliva. "What, what is it?" Gina stepped forward and asked. "Let me carry the bag," I said. "What's the matter?" Gina asked. "I don't know either," I said. "Yunna, I'm scared." "It's okay, don't go away, wait for my call at home." I followed the police out. When I arrived at the police station, they invited me into a small room, waited for me to sit down, asked me what to drink, and then asked straight to the point: "Do you know Teng Haiqi?" It happened.Wensi has handed everything over to the police?There was no more room for a turn here, and of course I became the number one witness. "know." "How long have you known each other?" I drink coffee from a paper cup. "Nine years. I haven't seen each other for a long time. I'm in a foreign country." "When was the last time we met?" "Half a month ago." "Exact time." "Monday three weeks ago." "where?" "At a friend's house." "Who is the friend?" "It's Zuo Wensi." "The address is the third floor of No. 7 Luoshan Road?" "yes." "Have you ever argued?" "Have." "Is there any use of force?" "Have." "Miss Wang, where were you from twelve o'clock to two o'clock last night?" "Sleeping at home, where you came to take me away." "Are there any witnesses?" "Witness is needed even for sleep?" "Miss Wang, don't use your sense of humor inappropriately." "There are no witnesses. My cousin was at the dance." "You mean, no one can prove that you were at the address at the time?" My heart fell into the abyss, and honestly, no one can prove that I was actually sleeping at home. But why would the police want to know if I was sleeping at home? Even if Wensi reports the crime, it has nothing to do with whether I was at home last night. I asked: "What's the matter?" "You clashed with Teng Haiqi, and it is said that you had physical contact?" the police said. "I don't understand this sentence, please explain clearly." "He put his hands around your neck?" "What business does it matter to you?" I said, standing up. "I don't want to answer these questions any further. I'm going to get a lawyer." "You can do that, you can borrow our phone." I asked them back, "Where is Wensi, but what happened to Zuo Wensi?" A plainclothes kept recording what I said. "Why am I here?" I asked in panic, "What are you looking for? Tell me." "You do not know?" "Of course I don't know." "Teng Haiqi, who had a conflict with you, collapsed to death on the third floor of No. 7, Luoshan Road between 12:00 and 2:00 am today. His chest was wounded by a sharp object and he died instantly." I opened my mouth and eyes wide, and the scenery around me twirled. he died. He actually died. Someone killed him, and the police suspect it was me. "Give Ms. Wang another cup of hot tea." The police said. I shut my mouth tightly, I've said too much. Did they find out what happened between me and Teng Haiqi seven years ago?What chance do I have of eluting? For a moment, I couldn't concentrate, and I couldn't even remember my name. I said wearily, "Turn the light off, my eyes hurt." They immediately turned off the lights. "Miss Wang, do you want to notify your relatives to bail you out?" "No." You can't let your parents know. I calmed down, Gina didn't know how to deal with this.I can't bother Zhang. Here, the only people I know are Zuo Shudong and Zuo Wensi. My thinking gradually became clearer. The police found me, so naturally they have already had contact with them. What did they say?I was so angry that I told the police everything about the meeting between Teng Haiqi and me three weeks ago. They are too eager to wash themselves off. I was very bitter, and I was at a loss for a while. The detective waited patiently for me to regain my sanity. I may be able to contact my former boss, Mr. Cao, and ask him for help. I picked up the phone and called him home. Cao didn't remember who I was for a while, and I already regretted asking him for help. I stammered and complained to him in an erratic voice: "I want to ask you a favor." He cleverly asked: "But wait for the money?" I said, "No—" "Why, haven't you found a job yet? The society is in a recession, Yunna, I have some small money, I'm going out later, I'll give it to my wife, if you come up, I'll ask her to give you 3,000 yuan, Yunna , you did the accounts for me, you should know my plight, I'm really miserable—hey? How about Zuo Wensi? Is he going to win a prize? Are you still in touch?" I finally said, "I'm not asking you to borrow money." "Ah? What is that?" He was greatly surprised. "I - just came to say hello, goodbye." I hung up the phone. The detectives shook their heads and sighed in sympathy for what had happened to me. One of them said kindly: "My friend, it was originally used for dinner." I said: "I am too whimsical." I had no choice but to inform Ji Na and tell her to go to the police station with Ah Zhang to pick me up. I said palely: "You all suspect it's me." "Miss Wang, please sign here to prove that the conversation just now came from you." I had to sign the confession. Ji Na and Ah Zhang hurried over and went through the formalities to pick me up. It was almost noon. Ah Zhang bought an evening paper at the newsstand. The headline reads "Wealthy businessman dies mysteriously with a knife in the chest." I close my eyes. Everyone's worst fears finally happened. Ah Zhang said: "The police will call you for further questioning at any time. I have hired a lawyer for you." Gina said: "The biggest headache is that you don't have a witness." Both of them were in shock. I am silent. "Try to contact Zuo Wensi." Ah Zhang said. Ah Zhang has dialed the phone for me, there is a busy signal over there.Ah Zhang had no choice but to put down the microphone. Gina asked: "Avoid and not listen?" "No," I said, "he won't." At this moment, the phone rang, and I knew it was Wen Si. At the same time, I called him, and he was busy calling me too. "Wen Si." My tears suddenly welled up and flowed all over my face. "Have you been to the police station?" Wen Si asked anxiously. "yes." "Have you hired a lawyer?" "Yes." I broke down in tears. "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I have also answered them." I cried: "I don't have any witnesses. They suspect that I sneaked away from home in the middle of the night to murder Teng Haiqi. All the evidence is against me. Wensi, I'm terrified." "Don't be afraid, nothing will happen, they won't bring you to justice," he kept reassuring me, "These are just superficial evidence, I'll come see you right away." I sat down with tears in my eyes. Ah Zhang said, "Calm down." Gina said: "Zuo Wensi is also very suspicious." She put down the newspaper, "It happened at his house." "But I also have the key to his house." I said, "Everyone has it, everyone can come and go freely, maybe even Xiao Yang has it." "Who is Xiao Yang?" Ah Zhang said. "Vance's photographer, he was with Wensi on the day of the accident." Ah Zhang frowned, and said, "I asked Peng to come here." "Who?" "Lawyer Peng." "Ah Zhang, I don't have any money," I covered my face, "I don't have anything, I'm at the end of my rope." "Peng is my middle school classmate. It doesn't matter. Maybe he is poorer than you. He has been helping the Legal Aid Office." Lawyer Peng Shiyu arrived earlier than Wen Si. When he was talking with Ah Zhang in the room, Wen Si rushed over. I greeted him like a savior, and he hugged me. I sat down with him on the terrace, and I asked him, "You told them what happened between me and Teng?" "No, my sister said it. My sister discovered the murder in the early morning." Zuo Shudong! "My sister's mental breakdown is also on the verge of collapse. She stayed in the police station for nearly five hours and said everything she shouldn't have said. The police have sent her to the hospital for rest and a psychiatric examination." Wen Si was also very depressed. I asked, "Wen Si, could it be her?" Wensi was startled, "How could it be her?" "Wen Si, I heard her say more than once that she wants to get rid of Teng Haiqi." "Yunna, you must not tell the police!" "But Wensi, the police suspect that I did it." "They will find out, but Yunna—" I "huo" stood up, "Wensi, I can't help, I want to protect myself." "Yunna, she saved you once." I was discouraged, "You know everything?" I asked tremblingly. "I know." He nodded. If I have anything else to say, I keep silent. "Yunna, I hired the best lawyer for you, don't worry. Last night, my sister ate old wine at the White Swan Nightclub all night. Thousands of people greeted her—" I stared and screamed: "I am the murderer, am I the murderer?" Ah Zhang pushed the door open, looked at Wen Si hostilely, and pulled me aside. "Mr. Zuo," Ah Zhang said, "Please don't provoke Yunna, we will have to deal with the matter here." I burst into tears. Wen Si said: "Yunna, Yunna—" His anxiety was not faked either. My whole body was like falling into an ice cellar, and I lost my voice and said, "Even you think I'm a murderer." At this time, someone suddenly interrupted and asked, "Then you?" I didn't figure out who was asking the question, so I immediately yelled, "I'm not, I'm not!" I clenched my fists and burst into tears. Gina came and hugged me. I put my head on Gina's chest, unable to lift it up. "Yunna," Ah Zhang said, "If you need anything, tell Peng Shiyu, and he will try his best to help you." I said, "No one can help me, it's too late," I opened my mouth in fear, "Gina, no one can save me." The stranger surnamed Peng patted me on the back vigorously, rhythmically and slowly, as if putting a disobedient and frightened baby to sleep.Everyone calmed down, and Gina poured hot tea and held it in her hand for me to drink. After a long, long time, as long as a century, I wiped away my tears. "Where's Vince?" I asked. "He's been on the terrace," Gina said. I looked at Lawyer Peng, "I have never done it." "Have you ever thought about doing it?" he asked quietly. "Yes, a thousand times. Once it was put into action and almost succeeded, but he didn't die." Gina was anxious, "You can't say that." I continued in a low voice, "But recently, I look at him like a cockroach. It's very ugly, dirty, and disgusting, but I won't kill him." "why?" "not worth it." "What if he blackmails you?" "I will call the police." "What if this incident has a great impact on your future life?" "I've already bought a plane ticket to America." "There is also a Chinese community over there. If you spread it to ten, you will never have peace." "Really? Then when I go to Angola, God damn it, there are no Chinese there." "You are not afraid?" "Everything is in the past, I am not afraid of him." "He is dead now, are you happy?" "No." I said. "No?" Everyone was surprised. "Why should I feel sad because of the life and death of a cockroach in the corner? Besides, I worry about the murderer, because it's not worth it." Peng Shiyu asked: "Everything you said is true." "yes." After a while he said, "I believe in you." Ah Zhang cheered, and Gina rolled his eyes at him, "The police are telling the truth based on facts." "Last night, it was Christmas Eve, where were you?" "sleep." "So many things have happened, can you still sleep?" "I'm depressed, but I don't want to fall down." Peng glanced at Zhang and nodded.He asked again, "Have you been sleeping?" "Sleeping all the time, I heard Ah Zhang sending Jina back." Gina interrupted, "It was already past four o'clock." "Then I slept with Gina until dawn." Gina said, "Aren't you supposed to go dancing with Wen Si?" "Wen Si was in a bad mood, so he decided not to go and asked Xiao Yang to accompany him." Peng Shiyu asked, "Did you answer the phone between twelve o'clock and two o'clock?" "No, not even a wrong number." Peng Shiyu hesitated, "You were wearing pajamas all the time? Until the police approached you?" "yes." "Yunna, everything is too bad for you. Your past with the Teng family, his recent entanglement with you, and you still owe him a lot of money." "I owe him money?" I opened my mouth wide. Why not!It was indeed him who took out the money to pay off his father's debts, why not?Although there is no IOU, all this is a fact. I was at a loss and asked Peng: "How do you know?" "There is a Mrs. Zhu who has volunteered to assist the police in the investigation and told the whole story. She said that you have a bad character and are mean by nature." She hates me so much because I satirize her for being old and fading? I opened my mouth, I can't believe that a person can hate another person to the point of killing him for such a small thing. "Yunna, you have many enemies, but these people will not admit that they have hatred against you. They will say in court that they are speaking for justice." Peng Shiyu reminded. It was almost a certainty, and my chances of getting out were slim to none. "All of this put together, Yunna, I'm afraid the police will bring you to justice." my poor parents. Peng Shiyu sighed deeply. "You have to plan for the worst, Yunna. In people's eyes, you are worse than snakes and scorpions-ten years ago you relied on your youth and beauty, and tried to destroy the Teng family. You failed and killed him to vent your anger. Ten years later, you came back , to extort money from him, to blackmail him further, to take his life even more successfully—” I raised my head indignantly and laughed, "Really, in people's eyes, I am such a person? I don't care, I don't care what people think." Peng Shiyu glared at me, "When these people are jurors, Yunna, you'd better care a little bit." Gina couldn't help crying. Stubbornly I said, "I still don't care." "You have to care." Peng Shiyu was also stubborn. "Why should I explain? A person is loyal or traitor, and society has already stereotyped it. As you said, the evidence is convincing. People like Mrs. Zhu don't know how long they hate me. What's the use of explaining to her? Wouldn't she be more proud of her lips—the person she hated finally begged her for mercy." Peng Shiyu said: "Now is not the time to get angry like this." I don't turn my face away. Peng Shiyu let out a sigh of relief, "I'm going to make preparations, I'll take my leave temporarily, and call me immediately if there is anything to do." Ah Zhang sent him out. Vince was still lying on the terrace overlooking the street. This is a slightly cold, sunny day, the air is dry, and the sky is clear. If you have no worries or specific worries, it should be a pleasure to stand on this small terrace and gaze at the scenery during the holiday. Today, I have trouble sleeping and eating with him, how can he still be in the mood to pay attention to the scenery. "Vance." I called him. He turned his head, his face was gray and his eyes were full of red veins. I had already thrown everything away, spread my hands and said, "I didn't expect that, the angel in your mind turned out to be a sinful devil." "You're just unlucky," he said, choked up. Really, go on and on, even I no longer believe in my innocence. I have many doubts in my mind.What about those tapes?What about photos?Why do they all have witnesses? Vince covered his face with his hands. Ah Zhang couldn't help but said, "Mr. Zuo, I think you need to rest." Wen Si stood up and stumbled out. Gina opened the door for him. I called him to stop, "Wen Si—" Gina pulled me back. Gina said: "If he went out to play with you yesterday, nothing would happen." I said, "How can you bully him like this." Even Ah Zhang said: "I don't like him. I intuitively think that his whole body exudes obscenity." He was very decisive. The average person in society is prejudiced against people who deviate from traditional tastes.I feel sad for Vince. I said, "Vance is not a bad person." Gina blurted out, "In Yunna's eyes, one has to kill people to get more money to be considered bad—" She covered her mouth. I turned my head and looked at her with a miserable smile. Now I am the murder suspect. I waited for the police to come and lock me away at any time, so the panic gradually faded. I took out the evening gown that Wensi sewed for me and showed it to Gina, "If you don't think it's ominous, I'll give it to you." "Zuo Wensi is indeed talented." Gina also had to sigh. "He has never been happy in his life," I said while stroking the skirt. "It is difficult for an artist with strong sensibility to empathize with ordinary people's emotions. He is not forgiven by the world, and he is always lonely." "You are his confidant." Gina said. "Yes." I admit. From the beginning to the end, I thought I was in love with him, but in fact, I was just his confidant. I sigh deeply. I put the skirt on the sofa, turned into the room, and sat on the bed.