Chapter 49 (49)

Song was silent for a long time, and slowly grabbed his wife's hand and said, "I was wrong. I shouldn't be angry with you. But in this world, the only person who can endure my emotions is you. Outside, I want to be angry with you. Everyone maintains self-restraint and shows their most patient side. People have no shape, and they will be shaped in whatever container they are placed in. I can be round or square. Only at home, in In front of you, I have no restraints, flowing around like free water. Thank you for tolerating me and giving me a home for so many years. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying a parting speech, I am sincerely thanking you, and, I will not I left with you. Don't think about it anymore. There is a reason why I didn't come back during this time. It's not like you think, and I don't have time for children. It's rare for the two of us to sit down and talk today. , I will also give you the bottom line, so that you can count. At present, I have encountered a big hurdle, I can pass it, but I am a dragon, I can’t pass it... You’d better be mentally prepared."

Song Tai, who was originally passionate about personal vendettas, was suddenly shocked, and immediately asked sensitively: "What happened?" "What happened was not one thing, but a bunch of things. This is actually the situation I expected a long time ago. I have woven such a big net for so many years, and every touch can move my whole body. My nerves are highly tense and tense. .In the past, I only needed to pay attention to a certain point and a certain surface without making mistakes, but now I have to keep looking around to see if there are any loopholes. There is always one omission in a hundred secrets, and this omission will kill me!"

"What happened?" "In the past two days, someone told me that Secretary Sun is collecting my materials everywhere. I won't be reconciled if I don't do it!" "Fuck you? What can you do? It's not the one above you." "Yes. But I'm just a fist and a sharp knife on the top. If you want to get over it, you have to pull me out first. So, I'm facing a hurdle now. Whether I can get over it or not depends entirely on the heavens." "Then where do they start?" "That's what I want to know. I'm covered in thorns now, I can't touch anywhere. I don't know which link will explode. There are too many mines."

"Tell me honestly, besides collecting people's money, what else have you done?" "No matter what I do, just collecting people's money is enough for me to spend the rest of my life in prison." The wife had nothing to say, and after thinking for a long time, she said: "I want to tell you something. I don't know where to put your money, so I found reliable people and let it out for debt. If I want to get it back , plus interest, the vacancy will not be very big, it should not be too serious. In any case, I have recently withdrawn all the money. If the situation is not good, we will make up for it. I will make a note of all the people who sent money. The account, return the original items one by one."

"Do you think that if you send the money back, you will get rid of it? Don't talk about it, go to sleep!" The wife lay on the bed tossing and turning. After a while, she finally uttered in the dark: "I can't sleep." Song Siming hadn't moved since he lay down, but he obviously didn't fall asleep either. He said, "I can't sleep either." The wife said: "I really regret letting you go on this road. If you went out and didn't come back, and took us away together in a few years, now, you probably have lived a peaceful and stable life abroad. I don't have to worry Whose bed do you sleep in every night, and you don't have to be afraid that one day you will be caught."

Song turned over, put his arms around his wife and stared at the night sky in a daze, and said, "Yeah! Over the years, I have missed too many things. I haven't noticed how Xuanxuan grew up, and she always stays in my memory. When I was 4 years old. I couldn’t go to the movies with you and send you a flower on Valentine’s Day. In a hurry, I suddenly looked back and found that you and I were old. If I could go back in time, I would take I want you to live a different kind of life. You don’t need too much money. You go to the vegetable market every day to haggle over every detail, and you get angry with others for publishing papers and evaluating titles. A happy life, and I didn't realize it before. My wife, I think, in this life, if you miss it, you will miss it. But if there is another life, I will change my life, become a stupid bird, and hold you Don't fly too far or too high." After speaking, he took his wife's hand and shook it.

Song Tai began to wipe away tears. Haiping, with a cloth covering her head and an apron tied around her waist, was doing the final cleaning, while Su Chun cleared out the rubbish in the house.The decoration of the house is simple and bright, and the furniture is the cheapest combination, but because everything is new, it looks full of joy.Haiping clapped her hands, took off her headscarf and said with satisfaction: "The golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as my own doghouse. My heart has never been so happy before." Su Chun held Haiping's waist and looked at his wife's satisfied expression. He pecked lightly on the face and said, "Thank you, wife."

Haiping was not used to this kind of intimacy, so she asked strangely: "Thank me for what?" Su Chun looked directly at Haiping, and said softly and delicately: "I want to thank you for never leaving me in my most difficult time. Sacrifice yourself for I gave birth to a son, and I am very happy to live in a shabby house with me. Although I have no money, I still have you." Haiping slapped Su Chun reproachfully: "Did you put honey on your mouth? You said such nasty words. I really don't like it." It’s embarrassing to find fault with life. I’ve always been in control of my own destiny, and I’ve never been dominated by others. I’ve recognized what I’ve lived. I’m the one who wants to stay in this city. I chose my husband and my son. Yes, I bought the house myself, and every step I take now is according to my will. Tell me, what else can I say?"

Su Chun quickly pretended to be aggrieved and said, "Yes, yes, I should be the one to complain. I haven't had a good day since I followed you. Every husband has a car, but I don't, and every husband has a car." Secret, I don’t have one, how did you become a wife?” Haiping laughed, patted Su Chun on the face like a queen doting on the little boy, and said, "You can marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog! Car, little secret, let's talk about it in the next life. Maybe the car There will be more, Xiao Mi, just give up!" Haiping went to the toilet to clean the floor, suddenly raised her head and said, "By the way, when will we bring our son here?" Su Chun answered in the kitchen, "Anytime, as long as you are ready." "Then next week!"

Haiping's house is so lively, the children are laughing, the mother is chopping vegetables in the kitchen, Haiping is playing a hand puppet game with her son, the two are lying on the floor laughing and laughing, Su Chun runs from the room after hammering the nails Come out to squeak the two of them, a scene of a harmonious family.The doorbell ding-dong, and when I opened it, it turned out that Haizao came with the nanny. The nanny was carrying big and small bags, and Haizao instructed her to put them here and there.Haiping's mother came out of the kitchen, saw the seaweed and complained: "This child, I have been patronizing and eating. She is so fat, and her waist is thicker than your sister. She has given birth to a child. Be careful when you get married. Not in a wedding dress."

Haizao and Haiping looked at each other, not knowing how to answer, so Haizao hurriedly replied, "I'll reduce it when the time comes! Aunt Shen, please help me take out the clothes I bought for my mother and hang them up." It was only then that Haiping's mother noticed that there was one more person in the family: "Eh? This is..." Haizao hurriedly said: "This is the auntie at home. I brought so many things today that I can't carry them. Let her deliver them for me." Come." Haiping's mother couldn't understand anymore: "Auntie? What auntie?" The aunt said from the side: "Xiao Guo is polite, I am the nanny. She always calls me aunt with the children." Seaweed Haiping's face suddenly changed. Haiping's mother still didn't understand: "You are Huanhuan's nanny? Haiping, have you hired a nanny for Huanhuan?" When the nanny heard something wrong, she quickly shut up.Haizao thought that sooner or later she would be exposed, so she simply revealed the truth. She mustered up her courage and said, "No, what she said was the child in my belly." Haiping's mother was completely lost: "What did you say?" Seaweed said: "The child in my stomach is 4 months old." Haiping's mother realized that the problem was complicated, and asked again: "Whose child? Are you pregnant? Didn't you break up with Xiaobei?" Seaweed said: "It's not Xiaobei's, it's another person's." The happy atmosphere at home suddenly cooled down. Seeing the gloomy look on her grandmother's face, Huanhuan ran over with some fear, grabbed her by the leg and said, "Grandma, grandma, don't be angry, Huanhuan is good to you." Haiping's mother told Su Chun, "Take the child and aunt out for a walk, and I want to say a few words to Haizao." Su Chun quickly embraced his son knowingly, and led the nanny out. Haiping's mother sat down at the table, Haiping quickly poured a glass of water and put it in front of her, Haizao was still standing. "Sit down." Haiping's mother coldly told Haizao to sit down.Seaweed sat down a little guilty. "Whose is the child? Is it the man who brought you here that night?" Seaweed nodded. "When are you going to get married? Or are you afraid that your parents will object, and you have already obtained the certificate secretly?" "We...can't get married yet." "What do you mean?" "He... We can't get married for the time being, we have to wait for a while." "He's not divorced, is he? He has a wife, right? How long?" Seaweed does not speak. "How long has it been!" Haiping's mother was furious, and she went up against the case.Haiping was so frightened that she quickly stood in front of the seaweed. "Mom! You sit down, sit down. Don't scare the seaweed." Haiping's mother went up and slapped Haiping on the face loudly and crisply.Haiping was stunned. "You did a good job! I'll give you the seaweed! Just give it back to me! Why didn't you tell me something so big happened? What about your mouth!" Haiping covered her face and said nothing, still protecting the seaweed. Haizao wanted to squeeze forward, but Haiping held her tightly. "None of my sister's business. She disagreed, but I didn't listen to her." Haiping's mother took off her apron and searched around, and finally found a bamboo hanger, she stepped forward and slapped Haiping violently, "You want this evil seed, and you also want to keep this evil seed in Shanghai. Back then, I wanted her to go back to her hometown, but you stopped her, but today, you don’t even give her a hand when you see her like this, how dare you come to see me? Hmm? What face do you have to be called a sister! " Haiping started to cry, and the swollen face was immediately swollen. Haiping blocked her sister with her hands, but she didn't care to cover her. Mom called: "Mom! Mom! I was wrong, just let the seaweed go! She is now He is a person who can’t be angry or cry. If you want to beat me, I’ll go to the house with you.” While crying, he pulled Mom away from the seaweed.Seaweed's tears fell down, and she also cried, "Mom! Mom! It's my decision. Don't hit my sister. If you want to hit me, hit me!" Haiping's mother was dizzy for a while, as if the scene from many years ago had reappeared.When Haizai made mistakes when he was young, Haiping will always be the one who gets punished, and Haiping will always be the one who didn’t educate the seaweed, didn’t manage the seaweed well, and didn’t take good care of the seaweed.Every time they were beaten, the elder always took the blame for the younger, and the two sisters hugged each other and cried. It's Haiping's fault every time, every time.But is my mother right? Haiping's mother threw the hanger on the table and sat down and began to wipe her tears. The more she thought about it, the more sad she became, and she couldn't help crying.Haizao was checking the bruises on Haiping's face. When Haiping saw her mother crying, she hurried over and knelt down to wipe her tears. "Mom, don't cry, don't cry. It's all my fault. Mom! Don't cry!" Haizao stood aside, crying but not talking. Haiping's mother finished crying, wiped away her tears and said to Haizao, "Tomorrow, I will take you to have an abortion." Seaweed was so frightened that he hugged his stomach and hid against the wall. "Mom! What nonsense are you talking about! I won't fight." "Seaweed, you are my daughter, I can't watch you go further and further. The only way to prevent you from going down the wrong path in the future is to correct it now. It's still too late. Don't delay any longer. I don't know if this man is What are you doing, but, seaweed, listen to me, you are still young, and your age and knowledge are shallower than him. If you don't understand, he won't understand. How can he bear to see you go to this stage? He doesn't love you, he doesn't love you. It is hurting you! In the end, you are the one who suffers. Men, to put it bluntly, just take off their pants and don’t care about harvesting. You are still young, what should you do with a child? What do you use to support him? You are more worried about this child. In the future, what identity and appearance will he live in this world? Everyone has a father, what does he have? Will he be happy? Do you have the courage to bear this pressure? Mom is for you Okay. Although you suffer, long-term pain is better than short-term pain. Tomorrow, mother will take you home. Let’s go back and do it. Your belly is not big yet, no one knows. You will recover soon. Let’s look for it again. Hear No?" Seaweed shook his head and said, "Mom, I'm an adult, and I will handle it myself. Maybe you think he is playing with me and not serious, but I think he loves me. He will be responsible for us to the end. I have decided , don't stop me. I'm leaving." After speaking, she ran out, Haiping's mother wanted to chase, but Haiping stopped her. "So, he's a secretary." Haiping's mother and Haiping talked while lying on the bed side by side.Haiping's mother was asking about Song Siming's situation. Haiping nodded: "He is kind to our family and has helped us more than once. I have dealt with him several times. He is very capable, stable, reliable, and good to seaweed. I think the two of them really love each other. Mom, please stop interfering." Haiping's mother sighed, took off her glasses and said, "Haiping! As the saying goes, it's not unreasonable for boys to be poor and girls to be rich. Now that I think about it, I've suffered all my life because I don't have money and I don't have money." Provide a better life for you two sisters. But if you have experienced prosperity when you were young, you will not be confused by these small favors in front of you, and you are so grateful that you have spent your whole life in it. You are over 30, don’t you still understand? There is no free lunch in the world. How can a person treat you well without asking for anything in return? He must have a plan, for your body, for your heart. You and the seaweed are confused by his appearance. Yes, A person who can get into his position must have unique abilities and means. However, no matter what position he is in, as long as he is a member of the government, he is doing things for the government. No matter the power in his hand, Whether it is convenient or not, it is all given to him by us. That is to say, the part of the help you enjoy originally belongs to you. Why does he like seaweed? Does he really like seaweed? No. Rather than saying that he likes seaweed, Rather, he is enjoying the glory brought by the power in his hands. If a person's glory is suppressed for a long time and is not released, he will get sick. He is a subordinate of an official, and he can't be too ostentatious in his work unit or in his own home So how do you reflect your own success? Seaweed is just a means for him to show off his success. Without seaweed, there will be aquatic plants and corals. And what about seaweed? She keeps saying that she loves him. Is this true love? What she loves is not Song herself, but the joy of nodding to whatever she wants under the light of Song's aura. You two, your experience is still too shallow, you can't see through it, you can't see it through! Let me put the words here ! Seaweed will not end well in this life. Although she is my daughter, I hope she is happy. But seeing her obsessed, I can’t do anything about it. This is my failure as a mother!” After speaking, she sighed, turned her head and touched Haiping's face and said, "Does it still hurt?" Haiping shook her head. "In my whole life, I have been teaching and educating people, and my disciples are not much less than Confucius. But I teach and teach, but I can't teach my daughter well. I save money and send you to school and a good university. Are you My pride, I hope that your life will be smooth and happy. However, I really did not expect that the seaweed was sent into the fire pit like this. At the beginning, when she was hesitating and difficult, I, as a mother Yes, I let the child struggle alone without realizing it, my heart hurts so much!" Haiping's mother began to wipe tears again. Haiping lay in her mother's arms, also sad and speechless. "Hai Ping, mother can only ask you, your sister, please, when she can't survive, if our parents are gone, you have to give her a hand." Haiping nodded sadly. Secretary Sun flipped through the dossier page by page, getting heavier and heavier.He raised his head and asked the person who sent the materials: "I guess, these materials are not so easy for you to get, right?" It's confusing, Song Siming has a good reputation. Everyone's opinion of him is that he is solid, practical, and steady, and he can't find a breakthrough." Secretary Sun let out a sigh from his chest and said: "The treachery seems loyal, the traitor seems loyal! Have you ever thought about why his reputation is so good? Because the people you ask are all people in his circle. Indeed, in this small area, he used people's money to do things for others, and even exchanged power for power, weaving an unbreakable network of relationships. But what about going out of that circle? Such a good piece of land, they rely on the power in their hands. Giving it to your own affiliated households, at such a low price, will harm the interests of a large number of powerless grassroots people. I think, if you ask those people for their opinions, it must be different from what it is now! Official. The word “official” means a hat on the head and two mouths behind the back. Your hat is given by the people, and your name is also given by the people. What you do must represent the interests of the majority. Serving the majority of the people is worthy of this official title! Our party and our country have worked so hard for decades to get to where they are today. Moth! You send this material to the central government yourself. I’ll call the central government to report it here. It must be top-secret, and no news can be leaked. I don’t believe it, no one can deal with him!” Song Siming was thinking in the office, when lawyer Shen suddenly rushed in and said, "To report bad news to you, the central bank suddenly came down to check the accounts. President Xie couldn't get away, and the message sent by someone asked you to find a way to get rid of it. Move the money back to make up for this gap." Song bowed his head in silence, turned the ballpoint pen from time to time, and said after a long while: "I already know the news. There is even worse news that you don't know—the case you handled a while ago, Chen Sifu's subordinates, originally He was released and was arrested again today.” Shen was shocked and asked, "What's going on?! When did it happen?" "Just now. I think they must have some new evidence or a new breakthrough before taking action. What link went wrong?" "Do you want me to find out the news?" "Don't. Now you and I are people in the limelight, and any rash action will fall into your own trap." "Then what do we do now?" "Wait. There's no way. This time, it's the central government that made the shot. It's fast, and there's no time to react. I think you shouldn't show up with me, so hurry up and think about your next move!" Lawyer Shen stopped talking, turned around and left in silence. Mrs. Song put a travel bag in front of Song Siming's eyes and said, "You keep this. In case of any situation, don't covet this money. Money is something outside of your body. As long as you are around, everything will be there. Once there is any Situation, you donate all the money, and I have clearly written where the money went, and I made up some missing parts with the interest I received. The gap is not big." Song looked at his wife in surprise and said, "The gap is not big? Can you charge so much interest? Impossible!" The wife was silent for a moment and said: "I sold my younger brother's house, and my parents' house. Anyway, my father is gone, and my mother will live with us in the future. With this money, it is almost the same." Song turned away sadly, looked at his wife very sadly after a while and said, "Why didn't you tell me? You don't have to do this at all! I'm hopeless. My business is not a simple matter of money. Why don't you know how to lose your car to keep you handsome! Take the money back, find a safe place to put it away, don't keep it at home, don't use money to buy my life. Make sure that even if I am gone, you, Xuanxuan and mother , have a good life. Also, my parents and younger brothers in the country also depend on you to take care of them. I entrust the whole family to you." The wife's tears flowed out without disappointment: "Don't worry, I will take care of them. You just need to take care of yourself." Song hugged his wife tightly and remained silent. After a long time, he said: "I am ashamed of you. I haven't taken good care of you for so many years, but I made you worry about me. If there is an afterlife, I want to make it up to you .” The wife covered Song Siming's mouth and said: "You still don't understand what you are ashamed of and I am ashamed. I can take care of myself, and I am willing to share for you. But, I can't stand your heart falling in love with others. You know, you How miserable am I when I'm not with you at night?" Song patted his wife on the back and remained silent. Early the next morning, Song didn't go to work, but went directly to Haizao's.The algae are still sleeping.The nanny cleans the hall.After entering the house, Song Siming said to the nanny: "Auntie, please go to the nearby supermarket and buy these for me." After speaking, he handed the nanny a list.The nanny is out. Song Siming walked into the bedroom quietly, and gently stroked Haizao's face with his fingers. Haizao squinted and began to smile, opened his eyes, flickered long eyelashes, and kissed Song's fingers. Song Siming said: "Haizao, lie down and listen to me tell you something. I may have to go on a long business trip and I won't be back for a while. Here is a deposit receipt and an ID card. The password is yours." Birthday. You keep it and use the money whenever you need it.” Seaweed narrowed her eyes and said softly, "Where are you going? Take me with you. I don't want to be alone." Song drew an arc on her face with his finger and said, "I won't leave for now, but I might leave at some point. So, let me explain it to you first, so that you don't get caught blind when you encounter problems. Remember, This money is the cost of future life for you and your children. You should keep it safe, don’t spend it randomly, and have a plan. No matter who asks you for this money in any way, you should not take it out. This money, others It cannot be traced. This ID card has nothing to do with us, and it will be very safe. Remember, if anyone asks you to ask for it, you should not take it out, do you hear me?" Seaweed was a little puzzled, and felt that this sounded strange. "What do you mean? Didn't you say that you will take care of our mother and child for the rest of your life? Then why give us all the money in the future?" After speaking, he sat up and opened the passbook, covering his mouth in fright: "Ah! So much! You! You! You must be hiding something from me! I don’t want it! You have to explain it to me.” Seaweed stuffed the passbook back. Song still kept a gentle and intoxicating smile, talking about himself like telling someone else's story: "Yes, Haizao, I'm sorry. I said I would take care of you. This is one of the ways I take care of you. I'm just afraid In case, maybe one day I get into a car accident, maybe one day I suddenly get sick, and I don’t leave you with anything, how do you live? This is to prevent problems before they happen! It’s best if nothing happens, and I can rest assured if something happens. " After hearing this, Haizao hugged Song's arm and said, "It's unlucky to talk about this early in the morning. You'll be fine. You have new dad syndrome, and you're nervous during pregnancy." Song stopped pestering her and said, "Keep it well, don't put it here, you'd better leave it to Haiping for safekeeping. I'm leaving." "where did you go?" "work." Mark and Haiping are in class. Mark said: "I'm going back to the United States next week to do some things, and I may not be back for a while. Therefore, our classes will be suspended for a while." Haiping smiled and said, "It's okay. I will wait for you. I won't arrange your time for other classes." Mark quickly shook his hand and said: "No no, I know you are a very popular teacher now. In this yard, you are already well-known, and the people waiting for the class line up. You don't have to wait for me. I will find another time to talk to you when I come back. You learned it. Don't worry. By the way, how is your husband doing?" "He's fine. He's running his own business now, he can stay home with the kids, he has an income, but he's getting busier." "I'm so glad to see that you can develop into what you are today. By the way, there is one thing that I have been hiding from you. Now, I think I should be able to say it. In fact, I told Song about your husband, and he found a way Get your husband out. But he didn’t allow me to say it at the time, he insisted on letting me say that I did it. I can’t insist on him.” Haiping smiled understandingly and said: "Yes, I already know. But I still thank you for helping me and accompanying me in my most difficult times. I think, before you go, I will treat you to dinner .” Mark smiled and said, "Does your husband go with you?" "Just the two of us. He's home with the kids." "Oh? He won't doubt? I saw his eyes like a fire-breathing dragon when I sent you home last time." "What are you afraid of? Let's have dinner together, not breakfast together." Haiping smiled secretly. Mark laughed and said, "Yes, if he saw us having breakfast together at that time, I wouldn't be able to tell. He didn't do anything, but he would have a bad reputation." Haiping also laughed, and then she held Mark's hand seriously and said, "Mark, you are a gentleman, very rare." Haiping accompanied her mother to Haizao's house.When Haizao opened the door and saw her mother, she was so frightened that she almost closed the door again.Haiping's mother pushed the door open by herself, walked around the whole house, looked at the familiar and unfamiliar house, the house she had lived in, and said with emotion: "House, this house!" Seaweed followed behind and dared not make a sound. Haiping's mother looked around, even opened the refrigerator in the kitchen, and then said to Haizao: "Take care of yourself. You are mother's daughter at any time. As long as mother is still there, the sky will not fall down." I will go back tomorrow. You two sisters, take care of each other. Especially Haiping, I will leave the seaweed to you." After speaking, he sighed and stepped out the door. Haiping handed a package of things to Haizao and said, "Mom made it these two days. You put it away." Haizao hurried into the bedroom, took out the passbook, put the ID card in it, handed it to Haiping and said, "You keep this for me. I will come to you if necessary. Be sure to keep it safe." Haiping looked down. , his expression changed drastically, but he still didn't speak, and put it in his pocket.Thinking about it, I felt uneasy, so I took it out and stuffed it into the pocket inside the clothes. "I'm leaving, call me if you have anything to do." Haiping turned around and went after her mother. Seaweed opened the bag and saw that it was a bellyband and baby gown sewn by her mother herself. Mark and Haiping had dinner in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of a Chinese restaurant. Mark said: "Don't you know that I am very China now? I like to eat Chinese food, and I like to be in a very noisy restaurant with bright lights, and I can't hear clearly when I raise the volume. That feeling makes me feel very sincere. There is a kind of enthusiasm.” Haiping smiled and shook her head and said: “Mark, you are a layman, and you don’t know the secret secrets. You only see the prosperity on the surface but can’t appreciate the bitterness inside. Look at them toasting and changing glasses on the table. , Talking and laughing happily, in fact, it is not necessarily a good partner. Look at that table, that woman smiled reluctantly, but had to toast, this is the Chinese shopping mall culture. The business you want to do is actually settled at the dinner table. The office is all about formality. There is a saying in China that goes, 'Kung fu is beyond poetry'. What you want to do, you have to go through thousands of twists and turns before you can finally achieve your wish." Mark raised his glass to Haiping with a smile and said: "There are many mysterious things in China that we don't understand. For example, acupuncture, for example, modesty. But many things are common to the world. The shopping mall culture you mentioned , may not appear in the form of eating and drinking in the United States, but it also exists. I have studied with you for so long, and I always feel that you are too pessimistic. You always say that your country has various shortcomings, and my experience as a layman It's completely different. You said that although your country is developing rapidly, there are obvious shortcomings and deficiencies, but I said that although this country has one or another deficiency, it is full of hope. I think this is the way people in the East and West express it. Different. In the same sense, you will be stingy with praise, but we will be more unrestrained." Haiping smiled and said, "You don't understand. There is a saying in China that love is deep and responsibility is deep. Because this country is mine, I feel that I am responsible for everything. I expect her to be better. I can criticize She, you can't. If you say in front of me, how bad your country is, I will turn around and pull you into the blacklist. So, don't think I'm talking about my country's shortcomings in front of you. , I really think she's not good. Fortunately, you didn't go along with me, otherwise we would quarrel. Our current situation is called unity and harmony. By the way, why do you want to go back all of a sudden?" "Oh! A friend asked me to go back and do some errands, and I also have some business matters to deal with." "About how long will it take to go back?" "Depending on the situation, it can be as long as half a year, or as short as two or three months." "So long! I will miss you." Mark laughed and said, "You are very American now! In China, women usually don't say they miss men." Haiping smiled shyly and said, "I miss you purely." "Haiping, do you plan to be a Chinese teacher for the rest of your life?" "What's the meaning?" "No long-term plans?" "I was thinking, after a while, can I find an investor to open a Chinese school? A school that specializes in teaching Chinese to foreigners? I don't think there is such a school in China at present. There should be a market for it." "This idea is very good! I suggest you, if you want to do it, build a big school, not only teaching Chinese, but also English. I think, with China's development speed, it will soon be in line with American universities. In the near future, high school students here will be able to pass the exam and apply for universities in the United States. I think that the big cake of education is extremely profitable, and there is no reason why the United States should not make this money. In the past, there were not many high-income groups in China, who could afford it. There are few people who pay tuition fees in American universities, and most of them go out to get scholarships. Now, I think there should be many Chinese who can afford tuition fees in the United States. Moreover, every family in China has one child, so they are willing to spend money on education. I am optimistic about this road! Among your investors, count me in!" "Huh? Among the investors? I didn't want to start a group! I just want to open a classroom named after me, starting from a small one." "Hehe, the current business requires conglomeration and scale. If it can be made bigger, it should be as big as possible. I believe you have the ability. I will go back this time and look for it in many ways to see if anyone is willing to invest. If so, when we come back, we can put this thing into operation.” "Oh! Thank you so much! I invited you for this meal, so it turned out to be my harvest in the end!" "You are my teacher. China pays most attention to respecting teachers. How can I let you treat me? It is an honor for you to have dinner with me, not breakfast. Don't fight with me. Wait for your school On the day it starts, you invite me to dinner again." After speaking, Mark summoned the waiter, took out a few banknotes from his wallet, and handed them over. Chen Sifu knocked on the door and entered Song Siming's office. "What are you doing here now? It's okay, just stay there." Song Siming was a little annoyed. "It's just... something happened." "Oh? What's the matter?" "Uh... There is one thing, I don't know if it is important or not, I want to ask your opinion." "What's up?" "That, that, on the night of the fire, the kid who set the fire left the lighter on the fire scene, but he couldn't find it. Later, the case was settled. He told me, but I saw that he came out. He thought it was nothing serious, so he didn't tell you. Now He went in again, I don't know if he will..." Song Siming was furious: "You have done a good job! What you have done is not enough to fail! You don't even have the talent to commit crimes, how did I choose you as the 250! Why didn't you say it earlier?!" After speaking, he immediately called Lawyer Shen: "Go and inquire about the arson tools, and see if the Public Security Bureau found anything when the crime happened." Lawyer Shen Da replied decisively: "No. It is because there is no case that I defend the accident case. If there is, I will solve it at that time." "But now I suspect that they probably found some new physical evidence, otherwise how could they release and arrest? Can you..." "I'm going right now." Song Siming thought for a while with his head in his arms, and told Chen Sifu: "You go to Lao Li to find out and see if there is any clue in his hands, and you want to run in front of the police station." "But brother, didn't you settle the police?" "It was a time of peace. Now when everyone is in danger, everyone wants to get rid of the responsibility. Also, the group handling this case is not our online one. It is absolutely impossible for me to intervene. In today's situation, all It's your idiot's fault!" "If...if there is really something in Lao Li's place, what should I do?" "Now you come to ask me what to do? I wish you were so obedient! Get it at any cost." "What do you mean by whatever it takes?" "Just at all costs. Otherwise, you and I will meet in prison in the future." Haizao called Song Siming: "You haven't come for several days. Don't you want us mother and child?" Song Siming lowered his voice and said, "I'm in a meeting. I'll call you later." Seaweed put down the phone depressingly. 那边，市长问：“谢行长那里需要多少钱？” “缺口大。他不仅仅是我们调的这些。他还挪了一大笔在美股市场上做股票，在听到风声以后平仓套现了，一个大缺口没补上。” “到底多大的缺口？” “听说，得上20亿。” 市长一拍桌子：“胆子太大了!一颗老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥!我就是替他补上我们这边的3亿，那个窟窿也抹不平的。到时候一出事，他肯定得把这边给咬出来!” 宋不说话。 “你再去打探消息，看他那边情况如何？” 正说着，宋的手机响了，宋接听后一言不发，很快挂机：“谢行长被双规了。” 市长皱着眉头一副天即将塌的表情。“你的那个陈寺福那边怎么样？” “完全没消息。但我想，没消息就意味着坏消息。否则，应该是有消息才对。” “呼啦啦大厦将倾啊!一步走错，全盘皆输。唉!” “那我们现在……” “现在……只有等着。” “您要不给老领导打个电话，问候一声，顺便探听一下有什么风声。” 市长拿起电话拨过去，光有铃声响，没有接。 “不接。不妙啊!” 海萍给海藻去电话：“我今天有事情，不能陪你去产检，你一个人行吗？要不要改天？” 海藻说：“不用了，我自己去。” “你为什么从不叫那个宋思明陪你？他要的孩子，他口口声声说负责，为什么从没见他的人影？甚至没跟我们父母有个交代？” “姐，他这段时间很忙，没空。” “海藻，我真替你担忧。你今天先去，我明天一早去看你。” 海藻一个人在妇幼医院的贵宾室等候产检。这里等候的人并不多，个个都挺着骄傲的大肚子，旁边有丈夫贴身呵护，只有海藻是由保姆跟着。“这是我自作自受。”海藻内心里想。她也很渴望有个男人在这种时刻特别关爱自己，每天嘘寒问暖，关心孩子的成长，并分享所有的快乐时光。可是，这个男人这段时间简直像空气一样看不见摸不着，连声音都吝啬给予。海藻心里打鼓，他是不是反悔了？开始在找机会脱身呢？我得跟他好好谈谈。 海藻在产检过后，拨通了宋思明的电话：“检查过了，医生说，是个男孩儿，非常清楚的小鸡鸡，像个小海螺一样竖着。你高兴吗？” 电话那头的宋思明答：“高兴。你快回去休息吧!我一会儿给你去电话。” “我不要你一会儿!我完全听不出你的高兴。你在敷衍我。如果你不想要这个孩子，请你告诉我，现在还来得及!” “别胡思乱想了，我现在有事，等会儿联络你。” “你今天晚上，能陪陪我吗？我好孤独啊!” “我挂了。”宋思明果断挂了电话，他的对面，坐着沈大律师，“这个案子，我接不了了，你换个人。我自己已经身陷其中。” 宋思明沉吟：“他们……对你……” “我能感觉出。所有的角度都插不进，都是闭门羹。情况很糟糕。陈寺福那边有没有消息？” 宋点燃一支烟，像瘾君子那样猛吸几口，半晌才回：“没动静。我都不知道他现在人在哪儿，怕他要是在局子里我给他电话是自找麻烦。我随他去了。” 海藻等到夜里，都没有消息。宋思明并没有打电话来。 第二天早上，海萍带着欢欢过来，欢欢直往海藻身上扑，海藻和海萍都赶紧拦着。海萍观察着海藻说：“你脸色不好，眼睛红得跟兔子一样，还肿着，是哭了还是昨天晚上没睡好？” 海藻把头转过去逗欢欢，然后说了一句：“孕期荷尔蒙作怪，情绪波动。” “人家怀孕都高高兴兴的，你波动什么？是不是宋对你不好？” “他怎么可能对我不好，把下半辈子要用的钱都交给我了。” “给你钱就是对你好？他这两天来看过你没有？” “他这段时间非常忙。” “哼，海藻，如果我没猜错，他这是拿钱在买他后半生官路的清白。他与你是人钱两清了。你呀，不要再有什么幻想了。你有什么打算？” 海藻低头看自己已经鼓鼓的肚皮说：“我能有什么打算？我也不知道。” 海萍坐过来，抱住海藻的肩膀说：“海藻啊!你依旧很坚决地要生下这个孩子吗？尽管孩子的父亲已经打算把你们抛弃了？你不再考虑考虑？” 海藻的眼眶红了，她说：“孩子都动了，踢我呢!” “你如果一时心慈，搞不好就把自己的一生葬送了。以后，你的眼前，每一分每一秒，你所犯下的错误都会在你眼前晃动，逃不开，挣不脱。到时候就麻烦了。” “我再等等，等到他亲口说出他不要我的时候，我再决定。” 宋思明回到家里，家里冷清得很，妻子连电视机都没开，就坐在沙发上发呆。宋思明把包放下，转身到女儿房间里去看看。 “萱萱啊，你最近学习如何？” “爸爸，你一张口就是我学习如何学习如何，你难道没话跟我说了吗？” “是啊!你这么一说，我也才觉察到，我与你平时沟通得太少了，以至于和你的谈话只有寥寥几句，除此以外，我不知道该说些什么。不知道什么是你感兴趣的，什么是你爱听的。那么，你愿意跟爸爸说说，你喜欢什么吗？” 萱萱人精似的叹口气说：“我也觉得跟你沟通有障碍。你要么不跟我说话，一说就得袒露心扉。要说我的兴趣爱好呢，过程非常漫长而复杂，你肯定坐不下来听。要说我感兴趣的呢，你又不感兴趣。何必勉强我们俩在这硬坐着呢？你该忙什么忙什么去吧!” 宋思明有些难过，女儿已经离自己这么远了，而自己竟没有发现。 “萱萱呀，爸爸的失误，工作太忙了，忽略了你的成长。而时间一旦过去了，是无法弥补的。爸爸希望你，无论将来是顺境还是逆境，都要坚强。无论周围的人说什么，怎么看你，你都要相信自己。没什么困难是过不去的。也许，爸爸不能带给你荣耀，但是凭你自己的努力，你可以争取到荣耀。你这一生道路还很漫长。爸爸希望你不要迷失了自己，要把握自己，不受外界干扰，走自己选择的道路，并坚持到底。明白吗？” “爸爸，你这话说的，怎么像临别赠言啊!等以后我遇到困难的时候你再教导我也不迟。” “我是怕，也许以后等你需要爸爸帮助的时候，爸爸帮不了你。所以……” “我不会运气这么差吧？你帮人办事都帮一辈子了，轮到自己女儿的时候，你就帮不了了？去睡吧你!我还要做功课呢!”女儿开始把宋思明往外轰。 陈寺福突然给宋思明打了个电话：“如果我猜得没错，打火机应该在老李手里。我问他话的时候，他心虚到不敢看我的眼。TNND，所有的好处他都得到了，还留这一手，想以后讹诈？大哥，看样子，他是不会主动交给我们了，怎么办？” 宋思明正在某会议厅，原本是不该接电话的，一看是陈，忍不住就打开了，听完陈的话，答非所问地说：“我时间很紧，不能送你，你就自己去吧!注意安全。” 陈寺福掐了手里的烟，站在小区的拐角盯着四楼老李家的阳台看：“他妈的，早知道今天要穿墙入室，把那套一楼的给他就好了!” 夜里，陈寺福爬上六楼，掀开顶楼的盖子，爬上去，找到老李家的位置，下脚试探了一下，觉得不稳妥，又轻轻敲了敲下水管，恶狠狠地嘀咕一句：“房子啊，真不能自己造。要是不是自己选的材料，也不至于这么后怕了。早知道今天要爬这管子，当初选个最结实的该多好!TNND，没害上别人却害了自己。希望明天早上不要被人发现自己冰冷地躺在一楼的地面上。”拴了根绳子在七楼顶的钩子上和自己的腰间，轻轻蹭着水管往下爬。 海萍推推苏淳说：“什么声音，你听见没有？北边儿。” “睡吧，有什么声音啊，顶多是只猫。儿子就在旁边，你有什么可担心的。” 陈寺福轻轻一纵跳到四楼的北阳台，用事先准备好的黑丝袜把头套起来，想想觉得不安全，又掏出块手绢把鼻子以下扎起来，然后用手中的钥匙打开阳台，轻轻翻进去，又穿过厨房，客厅，犹豫了半天，用钥匙打开了主卧室的门。透过窗外的月光，依稀可辨床上躺着两个人。陈寺福随手拔出刀子，架在其中一个人的脖子间，低声暗喝：“你老实把我要的东西交出来，大家相安无事!”