Parallel Lines of Rebirth

Chapter 58: Past and present life

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Wen Liang feels very emotional now.

In the previous life, shortly after October, Ji Su became Gu Wenyuan's public girlfriend. The two often appeared together in public places such as the playground and the cafeteria. The boy was tall and handsome, charming and unrestrained, and the girl was pure and beautiful, gentle and generous. They were praised as the most suitable golden boy and jade girl in the sixty years since the establishment of Qingyi Middle School. No matter their appearance or talent, they were the best of the time. In that era of white clothes, they were the envy or jealousy of all students. The most sensational event at that time was that 20 to 30 boys from different classes and grades got drunk in the dormitory to commemorate this short-lived secret love and the sadness of youth.

This relationship lasted until they graduated from high school three years later. Gu Wenyuan went to Tsinghua University and started a more glorious life journey, while Ji Su, who had always performed well, only got admitted to Jiangdong University and then there was no news. When Wen Liang graduated from university and worked hard in society, he occasionally heard Tan Yu talk about Ji Su. It seemed that after graduating from Jiangdong University, he returned to Qingzhou and found a middle school teacher. Soon he married a colleague in the school. At that time, Gu Wenyuan had already held an important position in the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, which became a huge obstacle that Wen Liang could not overcome.

Gu Wenyuan liked Ji Su, and this was no secret in junior high school, otherwise Wen Liang would not have encountered such a disaster and almost ruined his entire life. But everyone who knew Ji Su knew that although she looked gentle and kind, approachable, and popular among boys and girls, she was actually a very traditional good student and a good girl. In 1995, when premature love was regarded as a scourge, how could she suddenly become a different person, and openly paired up with Gu Wenyuan, going in and out together

At that time, a girl who fell in love prematurely, even if she had always had excellent grades and was loved by teachers and classmates, still could not escape the high hat that was put on her by a special term: depravity!

Is this the magic of love

This confusion was shared not only by Bi Zhao, the head teacher of Class 3 at the time, but also by his good friend Meng Ke, Ren Yi, a role-playing expert in the same class, and even by Wen Liang, who had been hiding in his own fantasy world to escape reality. However, given his state at the time, this confusion was only buried deep in his heart, or in other words, when he heard the news, he even felt a perverted pleasure.

If you hate a woman, curse her to depravity!

And because of Gu Wenyuan's background, the school didn't even bother to do anything about this kind of thing. Everyone either despised him, or envied him, or secretly imitated him, or sighed. But there were still countless people who insisted that the love between Gu Wenyuan and Ji Su in high school was a symbol - a beautiful symbol of love!

During the college entrance examination, when everyone thought that the two would apply to the same school, graduate together and live together, two very different admission letters made them go their separate ways. The direct consequence of this was that many people's faith collapsed, and they no longer believed in love, and began a decadent life of partying every night in college. As a result, there are countless legends derived from this, and academic papers on why the two fell in love and why they broke up can become a best-selling love bible.

After seeing that scene on the rooftop, Wen Liang finally understood why Ji Su suddenly behaved like that, and ultimately changed the trajectory of his life because of Gu Wenyuan. So in a certain causal relationship, Wen Liang and Ji Su in their previous lives were both losers under the shadow of Gu Wenyuan, and equally pathetic.

The reason why he held Xu Yao just now was because he remembered all this, but this life is completely different from the previous life. Why did Gu Wenyuan suddenly go against his usual behavior and pester Ji Su not long ago, and was furious and aggressive downstairs of the laboratory building that day? Wen Liang is not a fool, and he knows it with his ass. It must be because the relationship between Gu Wenyuan and Ning Xiaoning was exposed during the last basketball game. His jealous look made anyone see that their relationship is not ordinary. With this incident, it is obviously an impossible task for Gu Wenyuan to impress Ji Su with sincerity as before, so there is pestering, confession, conflict, and hatred, which led to Gu Wenyuan's cruelty and unreasonableness, and Ji Su's humiliation and sadness.

In the previous life, although he might have made the same request, it was more likely that Gu Wenyuan's attitude would be a hundred times kinder than now, and the means he took would be a hundred times more beautiful than now. Whether Ji Su refused or accepted, he would have a way to take the beauty into his arms. As it turned out, he did it. Ji Su was his lover for three years. Although it is not known whether the final separation was due to Ji Su's insistence or Gu Wenyuan was tired of playing and letting go, at least it would not be as tense and insulting as today!

So everything in the world has cause and effect. Ji Su's experience today is actually related to Wen Liang.

Wen Liang quickly figured out the cause and effect at the door. Although he was not sure, he was 70% sure. But because of this, he had to know what choice Ji Su would make. If she refused, it would be easy to deal with. He could just go out and beat Gu Wenyuan up to prevent him from getting angry and hurting Ji Su. This was physical work and easy to do. But if, under such humiliating circumstances, she still agreed to Gu Wenyuan's conditions, it meant that as long as he took this step, he would have to take the responsibility of rescuing her father. Otherwise, it would be better not to help.

But the problem is that he has no idea about the extent of Ji's father's involvement in the case, and he has no confidence at all! Wen Liang had to think for a few more minutes about this moment that completely changed someone's life in an instant. But at the last moment, looking at Xu Yao's eyes, he softened his heart and made a choice for Ji Su without waiting for the answer.

reject!

Then he took the responsibility on his own shoulders. From an economic perspective, this deal was a failure; but from a sociological perspective, this deal might be a good deal!

"Come here Wenliang and help me pull her up."

Xu Yao couldn't help Ji Su who collapsed on the ground, so she had to squat beside her with an umbrella and kept persuading her. Wen Liang came over, letting the rain hit his body, and said coldly: "If you really want to save your father, get up quickly, and let's find a place to discuss it. If sitting on the ground can save your father, no one will care about you even if you sit there until you die." Seeing that Ji Su didn't respond, Wen Liang's heart softened, and in order to give her confidence, he had to brag: "Believe me, I dare not say anything else, but I can still help with the Qinghua Factory. Xu Fuyan, the secretary of the municipal party committee, is my future father-in-law..."

Xu Yao rolled her eyes at him in annoyance, but rarely did she refute.

Ji Su raised her head and looked at the muddy boy. His face was cold and his tone was ruthless, but his eyes were as warm as jade and full of concern. Although his words were unreliable, she still nodded and stood up with Xu Yao's support. There was no life in her once energetic body.

Ji Su and Wen Liang were in a mess, so they couldn't go to class. Xu Yao went to ask for leave first, and then the three of them took a taxi to send Ji Su home. Ji Su's family lived in Hui'an Community, which was a residential building developed by a real estate company outsourced by Qinghua Factory during the commercial housing reform in the early 1990s. Part of it was sold to factory employees at a low price, and part was sold to external parties. It was considered very good in Qingzhou at that time.

Wen Liang found that the decoration of this two-bedroom, one-living room house was ordinary, and there was nothing in the room, which did not look rich. However, people's anti-detection awareness has advanced by leaps and bounds these days, and their own homes are often very simple, but the houses outside are luxurious and eye-popping.

Ji Su's mother Su Rui went to the hospital for infusion, and there was no one at home. Ji Su sat there on the rooftop without saying a word, and only spoke once when she told him her home address in the taxi. Xu Yao helped her go to the bathroom to wash up, changed into clean clothes and sat on the sofa. Wen Liang took off his dirty coat and threw it outside the door, then looked at the water stains on his pants, sat cross-legged on the ground, and asked about the whole thing.

Ji Su didn't know much either. She didn't know anything except that her father was taken away by the police because someone reported him, and the amount involved was huge. When Wen Liang and Xu Yao were staring at each other, she suddenly remembered that her father had the habit of keeping a diary. She ran to the room and found a thick black leather diary and gave it to Wen Liang. Wen Liang flipped through it. Although he didn't find any important information for the time being, the feeling revealed in it made Wen Liang a little confused.

Ji Zheng was in charge of production at Qinghua Factory. After the previous director resigned, Yuan Dazhu, who took over as the director, was authoritarian and nepotistic. He had to flatter and curry favor with others in order to barely keep his position as deputy director. From the complaints in his diary, one could tell that he was definitely not a very important figure in Qinghua Factory.

How could such a person have the ability and courage to commit such a crime

Ji Su buried her whole body in the sofa with her head lowered. She didn't know Xu Yao's identity and obviously had no hope in Wen Liang. Doing these things according to his instructions was just a last resort.

Wen Liang knew what she was thinking. He patted the diary and suddenly said with certainty, "Your father was wrongly accused!"

Ji Su and Xu Yao's eyes were focused on Wen Liang at the same time. Ji Su asked in a trembling voice: "You...how did you know?" (To be continued)