Tang Zu called her angrily and asked, "Who is that middle-aged uncle who looks like a beast?"
Che Linwan ran out in a hurry and bumped into Su Zhenling and Wang Kai at the elevator entrance.
Su Zhenling grabbed her and asked, "Where are you going? It's so urgent."
Che Linwan wanted to avoid it, but he held on so tightly.
"Go find Xia Mingzhi."
Su Zhenling loosened her hand, but did not let go completely. "What happened?"
"My dad doesn't know how he found him."
Su Zhenling's nervous state of taking a sharp breath caught her attention, and she waved to Wang Kai, who was watching the show, "You go first."
"But Dr. Su and I have to go there soon..."
"Walk."
Wang Kai glanced at Su Zhenling and walked away silently.
"Why this expression."
"There's something I never got the chance to tell you."
Che Linwan stared at him closely.
"Your dad knows about our divorce."
"He didn't even know we were married, how did he know about the divorce? What on earth did you say?"
"I accidentally heard it in the restaurant that day."
"Why do you have to tell him?"
"Could it be that you lied and hid it?"
"Why tell him. What does it have to do with him."
"That's your dad! We need to hide it from him, shouldn't you say hello to me first? What obligation do I have to help you hide it?"
… It seems to make sense.
"Sorry. I have caused trouble to you, Dr. Su. You don't have to deal with this matter in the future. I will explain it myself."
"Dr. Che, that's not what I meant. If you need to explain, I can explain it with you."
"Isn't it just to adopt a girl? It's not a big deal, I can explain it myself."
"Che Linwan! Do you think marriage and divorce are such indifferent things?"
"Of course not. But there are conditions for our marriage and divorce. You are here to help me. If you tell me in advance that there are obstacles, I will not force you to help."
"You will go to Xia Mingzhi, right? I've always wondered why you didn't ask Xia Mingzhi to help you at that time. If it was him, he wouldn't refuse you."
…
Che Linwan jerked his hand away, with a trace of resentment in his eyes.
But she was always the one who was at fault, and for some reason she became the one who was at fault.
When Che Linwan rushed there, Che Xingzhi had already been handcuffed.
Hanging from a traffic sign pole.
Behind it is the hospital.
Tang Zu was talking to the police officer with his head bent, when he saw Che Linwan approaching and came over to greet him.
"Finally here! Tell me, who is this uncle? What kind of dangerous person is he? Should I send him to jail for two days? Why does he say he knows you?"
"He's my dad."
"Uh...really? Really? My biological child."
Che Linwan nodded.
"Does it need to be locked up? Is it dangerous?"
Che Linwan shook his head.
Tang Zu walked back to the police officer and started talking in a low voice again.
After a while the handcuffs were opened.
Che Linwan had just walked in front of Che Xingzhi, but Che Xingzhi turned a blind eye and walked away.
Che Linwan had no choice but to catch up, "Wait a minute..."
The steps stopped, but reluctantly, and he didn't even look back.
She walked up to her father and said, "What are you doing? What do you want from Xia Mingzhi?"
"He hit you?"
Che Linwan pressed his forehead with one hand.
"This matter is very complicated and I can't explain it at the moment."
"I don't need to know clearly. As long as I know it's a fact that the man hit you, that's all."
"Dad! The world is not black and white."
"You owe someone money?"
"No… "
"You destroyed other people's families?"
"No!"
"Then it's not a big deal. It's just wrong of him to hit someone."
... Che Linwan's forehead was covered with black lines.
According to Tang Zu's description, Xia Mingzhi was beaten unilaterally.
However, Che Linwan still gasped when she saw it with her own eyes.
One-sided beating between men is a serious matter.
For example, Xia Mingzhi is now directly transferred from the general neurology department to the severe trauma surgery department, and you can see the clues.
"Broken?"
"Oh, this isn't a fracture, it's a contusion. Even though your body is quite durable, the doctor said that if you weren't in good physical condition, you might actually have a fracture."
When Che Linwan walked to the bed, Xia Mingzhi suddenly retracted his head into the quilt and exposed his feet.
She tugged on the quilt, and he tucked her tightly inside.
So she had no choice but to hit him on the head through the quilt.
"What did I tell you?"
A voice buzzed from under the quilt, "He said it was your father."
"Gone?"
"Ask me if I know I'm wrong."
"Hiss! You just admit it?"
"Um."
"You haven't explained it yet?"
"Um."
"Why don't you look for me?"
"Did not have time."
"Just take action directly?"
"Um."
"You didn't resist?"
"I don't dare."
"..." Che Linwan sighed.
All the men I met were extremely impressive.
Forget it, forget it, you deserve it. If you don’t get beaten, who should be beaten
"Put your head out."
"don't want."
I pulled it but didn't pull it away.
"I am leaving."
But a hand stretched out from under the quilt and grabbed her wrist with precision.
"I'm sorry..." I seem to be apologizing a bit frequently lately.
Seeing Xia Mingzhi's face, Che Linwan realized that Che Xingzhi was a bit shady this time.
She turned his face from side to side.
He laughed at himself, "Why doesn't your rebellious personality appear now?"
"He's not good at dealing with parents."
Think of that guy who could play games in his room all day long.
"Won't you block it?"
"It was a little nervous at the time."
"Scared?"
"Yes. I'm afraid I will fight back..."
Che Linwan felt a sudden pain in his heart.
She had heard of that feeling of being out of control, mostly from people with chorea.
The muscles are not controlled by the body, as if there is a strange soul living in the body.
There is indeed another soul living in Xia Mingzhi's head, which is strange to him.
"Would it be painful?"
"What."
"You don't even know what you will do. How do you feel so scared?"
"Yes. I will be scared. Especially when I see..." His fist once hit her body.
The person he was least likely to hurt.
Even if he had broken bones and tendons, he would protect her and not let her endure the pain, but in the end, she was hurt by his own hands.
Not only is he disappointed with himself, but even deeper is fear.
"I'm fine, the injury will heal." She answered hastily.
The scars on the body will heal, but the scars on the heart are difficult to disappear.
Originally, even when he was furious, she still wouldn't take a step back, but now that he raised his hand, she couldn't help but carefully distinguish whether the person in front of her was Xia Mingzhi or Xia Mingzhi.
It has almost become an instinctive reaction. Some reactions require repeated contact, while others can be developed immediately due to traces of pain.
Che Linwan himself is a sensitive and suspicious person, and he is defensive about people and things around him. She knew that she would never be able to trust Xia Mingzhi as before.
No more.
"I disappoint you, right?"
"It's not your fault." It's really not his fault. But it seems powerless to say it out loud.
"Wait for me until I recover, okay?"
recover? Che Linwan stared at him for a long time before he realized what he was doing, and water vapor involuntarily rose in his eyes.
Suddenly I felt that he was so pitiful, as pitiable as myself.
Why did he have to meet such cruel parents? His father abandoned him since he was a child, and his parents wanted to completely annihilate him.
"Ahem..." Tang Zu opened the door and saw two people hugging each other. Both of them looked so lonely, like two separately carved statues, trying hard to merge into one, becoming a fused statue.
Xia Mingzhi disappeared after that day.
It disappeared so completely that even Bai Shoudao could not be found.
Su Zhenling and the car dealer went to the scene of the two corpses of his colleagues.
Su Zhenling found an unknown toxin in his body, and none of it matched the toxins currently in the treasury. Therefore, it may be man-made toxins, or it may be natural toxins. Based on experience, Su Zhenling felt that perhaps the source could be found at the place where the incident occurred.
Che Linwan wanted to take a big leave, but as soon as Su Zhenling walked away, the new coroner Wang Kai was left. In autumn and winter, when people would disappear for no apparent reason, the institute became busy again, and Che Linwan returned to WSTI to operate.
It was really touching that Bai Xiaofei came as scheduled. After hearing Che Linwan say that her father had beaten Xia Mingzhi, Bai Xiaofei's attitude softened a little.
"Maybe it's not that unkind. Maybe it's because men express their concern in different ways?"
After hearing all the accidents that happened to Che Linwan after she left, Bai Xiaofei's somewhat aggressive character actually burst into tears.
Che Linwan had no choice but to turn his head to comfort her.
Bai Xiaofei is a non-marriage person. During those days in London, she had countless boyfriends, but none of them felt right.
She opened a bookstore and started selling books on her own. Although she can't make ends meet right now, Bai Xiaofei's spirit will always be there, "I will definitely make money!"
Then he said, "You should quit your autopsy job. The girl's family deals with corpses every day. She has a strong negative energy and ages quickly. And there are many murderers who may become mentally ill and seek revenge on you. They will die in peace."
Che Linwan didn't care, "Someone has to do it. Instead of leaving it to those who have families and burdens, isn't it good for me to do this? Social relations are simple, and there are no people who have to take care of me." . Even if there is an accident, it will not cause trouble to anyone.”
"What did you say? Didn't you promise to take care of me?"
"Then auntie, hurry up and get married."
"It's impossible to get married. It's impossible to get married in this life. Just look at your parents' marriage... Oh, forget it, let's not talk about it."
Bai Xiaofei took out the black tea and high-end tea cups she brought back one by one and placed them in the kitchen.
"I don't want to stay in a hotel this time. I'll stay at your house. Are you okay?"
"Of course it's okay. Ms. Bai can live here as long as she likes. You also have half of the property rights of the house." It was true that Bai Xiaofei sponsored a lot when I bought it.
"Would you like to report the details of your flash marriage and divorce again in detail?"
"No need..."
"So you don't want to bring the subject over for me to see?"
"I'm going abroad on business."
"What? Such a coincidence, you didn't lie to me, did you?"
"It's dad's case. Because the toxin components couldn't be found, we went to their outdoor shooting location."
"Your dad is gone?!"
"Oh. That's right."
"I didn't take you, but took your ex-husband?"
"I am a related person and cannot be involved in the case."
Bai Xiaofei looked at Che Linwan and suddenly the conversation changed, catching people off guard, "Speaking of which, what do you think about the relationship between you and Xia Mingzhi?"
Che Linwan had a hundred perfunctory answers in his heart.
We are too young, not reliable, and have complicated family backgrounds. We need to give each other space... Xixi is broken.
But when I think of him disappearing suddenly, without even saying hello, and having no idea where he went, I feel panicked in my heart.
She even had a fear, had he secretly gone to see the hypnosis master alone, was he going to have his personality erased, and would he never appear again
Then she should at least be given a chance to say goodbye properly.
Breaking up is not terrible, the most terrible thing is that the breakup is so unexpected that you don't even know whether the person is alive or dead.
This is not the period of war in the past. Once the news was cut off, the yin and yang were separated from each other, and everyone thought that everyone was dead.
Bai Xiaofei was startled, "Oh! If you don't ask, don't ask. What are you doing with this scary expression? Although young boys are very popular now, they may not be suitable for real life. In fact, I think that Dr. Su is a very nice person, and we are colleagues, so we can talk about the same topic. "
Che Linwan smiled awkwardly.
"Not suitable? Don't like it? Tell me what you don't like, and my aunt will help you analyze it?"
But Che Linwan couldn't tell. Regarding Su Zhenling's bad qualities, one can clearly list a long list, but for any one of them, one can come up with 10,000 reasons to criticize him.
Apart from Su Zhenling's venomous mouth, he is actually a very reliable person. And it's actually not that poisonous to her.
Most of the reason why he speaks directly is to improve efficiency. When efficiency is not needed, he can also use some of his emotional intelligence.
For example, he can chat with Brother De very well.
Bai Xiaofei stared at her expression for a long time, "Is there someone in your heart? Xia Mingzhi. You can't let go of what you can't let go of. It's human nature. There's no need to force yourself."
"I didn't force myself."
"Auntie just told you, think about it again?"
"Auntie, you just said a lot. Let me consider something specific."
"Come with me to sell books abroad."
"I'm not suitable for sales."
"Then you write a book?"
"Even less so."
"Do you want to examine corpses for the rest of your life?"
"There's nothing bad about it. This business requires experience..."
The news of Che Xingzhi's poisoning and collapse was informed by De Ge to Che Linwan. She never understood why Su Zhenling didn't tell her directly, and he didn't seem to be such a stingy person.
It was only after arriving at the small, poor rural hospital that he realized that it was Su Zhenling who suggested that Che Xingzhi try an unknown natural toxin. He suspected that Che Xingzhi escaped because of the anti-toxic factor contained in his body.
If it is really a natural toxin, even if it is not listed on the National Treasury Toxin List, it is still an unforeseen accident and the insurance company should pay full compensation.
Bai Xiaofei followed Che Linwan to the local hospital. When she saw the person, she yelled, "You're crazy! It's not like ancient times. Why did Shen Nong taste a hundred herbs? Can't you just send it to the laboratory?"
Che Linwan looked at the embarrassed Su Zhenling and explained to him, "Because the toxins we extract are currently consumed in the human body and have no ontological reference, so the most convenient way to identify them is to extract them from the human body as well. "
Bai Xiaofei looked at Che Linwan and then at Su Zhenling. She was embarrassed to say why the young and strong Dr. Su didn't try it herself.
After a rough test, antibodies were indeed found in Chexing's blood.
Although it is not clear whether the antibodies occur naturally or due to other factors, the cause of death of the two colleagues can be roughly explained.
But Che Xingzhi looked a little depressed.
Lying on a cot that was mottled and covered with unknown insect remains and blood, Che Linwan once suspected that his father was about to die.
However, my father still managed to survive because of his years of working outdoors.
Lying on the bed next door was an old man with a red beard whose arm was blown off by poachers. He might have a lung infection, and every time he breathed at night, he made hiccups like a classic car.
Che Xingzhi sat up from the bed and walked out of the ward after the dizziness subsided. When he saw Che Linwan lying asleep on the chair in the doctor's office, he called her out together.
"Is the old man next door okay?"
"Well, it won't work anymore." Even though he was a forensic doctor, he could still tell the difference between life and death at a glance.
"Have you seen it a lot?"
"Not many. Deaths from explosions like this are rare in China."
"I mean dead people."
"Yes. It's all that was sent."
"I didn't expect you to do this."
Che Linwan never thought about it himself. It was completely a remark made by a high school classmate, and then my brain twitched during my freshman year.
"Has your mother... ever contacted you?"
Che Linwan felt uncomfortable, her heart was burning with pain, she couldn't bear to say anything and just shook her head.
I have been living like an orphan all these years, and I almost couldn't survive. If I didn't have the help of my aunt, it would be too difficult.
She wanted to ask them why they did this to her.
But I don't care anymore. There is always a reason.
They always have their reasons. If asked, they can give you a hundred reasons, but how many of them can you accept
If you can't accept it, why bother asking.
"I have done very irresponsible things before." Che Linwan looked at his father in the dark night and didn't know how to answer him. He continued, "So this time, I wanted to do at least one good thing."
Che Linwan thought that his father was going to say something about atonement and asking for forgiveness, but what he never expected was that his father would actually confess in front of him.
Those two colleagues did not die accidentally! They have long discovered the toxins in nature that have not yet been collected.
Because many deaths are not compensable in the high insurance premiums, they have already sensed the failure of their lives and hope to leave something to their children.
I thought of something like insurance money.
Che Linwan asked almost mechanically, "Am I the beneficiary of your insurance?"
"Of course it's you! You are the only relative I have."
But Che Xingzhi did not die because of luck (?).
"Why tell me..."
"I'm not asking for your forgiveness. I just feel that, at least for my two old friends, I finally did a good thing."
"No! Why tell me. I can't know about this."
"What?"
"Now that I know, I can't let Su Zhenling produce such an autopsy certificate. Otherwise, our entire institute will be in trouble!" Does this man, this man who seems to have experienced many vicissitudes of life, have any common sense
"But you are not an inspector."
"But I have professional ethics, Dad!"
"How can you talk about professional ethics at this time?"
Che Linwan looked at him dumbfounded, "Since you didn't want to tell me from the beginning, why did you tell me now!"
"Because I'm still alive. Can't I tell the truth when I'm talking to my daughter? She's just like your mother, it's unreasonable."
"I'm... unreasonable?" Che Linwan's eyes were burning in the darkness, "Okay. I'm going to tell Su Zhenling now that both of your colleagues committed suicide! You can't defraud them of a penny of their insurance money. arrive."
"No."
"Do you know how miserable Su Zhenling will be if you are discovered?"
"Aren't you already divorced? And you don't love him either."
"What does this have to do with whether you love or not!"
"No one will know about this."
"But I know now."
"Are you going to report me? Report on my colleagues? How did we get here all these years, and what do you know?"
Che Linwan stared at his father for a long time without saying a word.
Then he left the rural hospital without looking back.
When she stopped, she thought her father would at least follow her. After all, she was in an unfamiliar wilderness in the middle of the night, but when she turned around, there was no one behind her.
She slowly squatted on the ground and sobbed quietly.
(End of chapter)