[twenty four]
Ji Feining couldn't find any emotion on Lu Ming's face, he didn't know if he needed to continue talking.
Until Lu Ming sat up and asked, "It's Chi Qiu... who replaced Ji Yanchen?"
He was full of doubts, which was not mentioned in his original investigation materials.
The investigation data only stated that Chi Qiu was mistakenly taken away by Ji Yanchen, and there were two kidnappers, a man and a woman.
On the way, the male kidnapper collided with a large truck because of drunk driving. Both kidnappers died in that car accident, only poor Chi Qiu was beaten unconscious during their escape.
In the end, it was Ming Dadi who survived.
Ji Feining finally found a hint of surprise on Lu Ming's face, and he was glad that he came to the right place.
Chi Qiu really hasn't told Lu Ming the details of this past.
He said slowly: "Back then, Ji's family was fighting for property. In order to prove himself in front of my grandfather, my uncle was eager to close a business and did some shameful things, causing an innocent child from an ordinary family to lose his life. life."
But Ji Feining's uncle, in order to avoid responsibility, made trouble in private and shifted the responsibility to Ji Feining's father.
"My father is a cold-blooded businessman. Naturally, he wouldn't wipe my uncle's ass. This matter came to my grandfather. In a fit of anger, my grandfather put my uncle in confinement. But anyway, my uncle also My grandfather's child, he protects my uncle selfishly, so he asked my father to come forward to resolve this matter."
Because the child's death was considered an accident, Ji Feining's father did not come forward in person. He asked his secretary to "negotiate", hoping to settle with money.
But he didn't know that this arrogance that only wanted to use money to solve it completely activated the hatred in the other party's heart and made it grow and grow. Even, no one from Ji's family went to say "I'm sorry" to that family.
"From that day on, the couple drank heavily every day, and their life became a mess. The child was gone, and no amount of money was a waste of paper for them. They transferred their hatred to the father who finally came forward." Ji Feining Speaking of this, my temples ached.
Lu Ming shook his hand, and he could roughly guess what happened later.
After that, one year later, Ji Feining's father inherited the family business.
"My uncle was not reconciled to my grandfather giving up the company to my father. In order to get revenge on my father, he deliberately asked someone to disclose Yan Chen's whereabouts to the couple."
To put it bluntly, this is not a kidnapping case at all, and the kidnappers are not real kidnappers.
The couple probably thought about it from the very beginning, they wanted to take Ji Yanchen to die together, the so-called one life for one life.
Unfortunately, it was the innocent Chi Qiu who was taken away.
...
The van slammed into the truck hard, causing it to roll over badly and roll down the slope. By the time the ambulance rushed over, it had already missed the best time to treat Chi Qiu.
Chi Qiu lost his only remaining eye and fell into endless darkness.
For a long time, Ji Yanchen didn't dare to see Chi Qiu, he always huddled in the corner of the room and cried. As an elder brother, Ji Feining visited Chi Qiu again and again to apologize.
But their father just rejoiced at home: "It's a good thing it's not Yan Chen."
Ji Feining looked at him in disbelief.
His father said indifferently: "The Chi family's business has gone downhill recently, and you and Yan Chen will have less contact with them in the future. You have almost all the matters for studying abroad, so get ready."
This made Ji Feining feel extremely ashamed.
Ji Feining clearly remembered that in the ward, Chi Lanyan stepped forward and slapped him: "How dare you involve my son in your Ji family's rotten affairs? Get out of here with your broken things, and don't show up again in the future." In front of Chi Qiu!"
Ji Feining lowered his head, the slap marks on his face were burning hot.
It was Chi Qiu who was lying on the bed with a hoarse voice, and helped him out: "Mom, don't blame Brother Ning and Yan Chen. I was taken away by pretending to be Yan Chen."
"..."
"Yan Chen is my younger brother and my friend. I did this because I wanted to help him."
Chi Lanyan couldn't say a word, her face was full of tears, she gritted her teeth and turned away. She covered her mouth and wept silently. It was the first time that Lin Yuming next to him was so at a loss. He stepped forward to comfort his wife, but Chi Lanyan slapped his hands away angrily.
Surrounded by darkness, Chi Qiu couldn't get any response from them, and moved his heavy body uneasily, biting pain crawling over his body.
It was Ji Feining who approached and held his hand: "Chi Qiu."
Feeling the warmth of others, Chi Qiu smiled hard: "Brother Ning, is Yan Chen still crying?"
"yes."
"Is he freaking out? Why doesn't he come to see me?"
Ji Feining clenched his fists, half knelt down, and replied as calmly as possible: "He's afraid you'll be angry with him."
"Ah? Then tell him not to cry, I won't be angry." Chi Qiu is very kind and gentle. His hands were obviously shaking, but he spoke words of comfort to them.
Ji Feining's eyes were red, so astringent that it was uncomfortable.
"Chi Qiu, I'm sorry." Ji Feining gritted his molars, seeing such a young child lose his light, and said sadly, "I'm sorry..."
If they had been able to say "I'm sorry" to the victim's family at the beginning, would the ending have changed
...
Now, Ji Feining told Lu Ming all this, just to say something for Ji Yanchen, so that Lu Ming would not be angry because of Ji Yanchen's attitude, and thus create a gap between him and Chi Qiu.
For Ji Yanchen, Chi Qiu is a savior and the friend he cares most about.
In layman's terms, he explained to Lu Ming: "You can think of Yan Chen as one of Chi Qiu's... the more violent 'natal family', younger brother and best friend."
Ji Feining's statement was really weird, so strange that Lu Ming stopped holding the teacup.
"Mr. Lu, I... I don't know who you and Chi Qiu are marrying. Please forgive me if I offend you."
"It's okay." Lu Ming didn't talk much, he picked up the teapot and poured some tea into Ji Feining's cup.
Finally, he said: "Thank you for telling me this."
In the backyard, Chi Qiu was rarely active.
He who was with Fa Xiao was as happy as a boy. He grabbed Ji Yanchen's wrist and pointed forward deliberately: "Did you see it?"
Ji Yanchen was confused, he looked at it for a while, but he didn't see anything. In the colorful and green front, what else is there besides planting an unseasonable sweet-scented osmanthus tree
He leaned on the seat, saw Chi Qiu's smug face, and asked wonderingly, "What exactly do you want me to see?"
"Osmanthus tree." In front of Ji Yanchen, Chi Qiu completely changed his appearance, and he muttered childishly, "Can't you see such a big tree?"
"..."
Chi Qiu took a sip of tea, appreciating it and said, "What an sweet-scented osmanthus tree."
Ji Yanchen didn't understand what he was talking about at all, and touched his chin in thought: "Is there any meaning? Is this tree very expensive? I remember that you have always liked sweet-scented osmanthus, but this tree hasn't even bloomed yet..."
Chi Qiu's gaze "falls" on the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, and a joyful tone comes out of his mouth word by word: "Lu Ming planted it specially for me."
Ji Yanchen "vomited" and threw up the mouthful of dog food.
"Chi Qiu, that brat Lu Ming always treats you coldly, how can you be so happy?" Ji Yanchen even suspected that Chi Qiu had something to fall into Lu Ming's hands.
"You misunderstood him." Chi Qiu drooped his brows, his mood gradually depressed.
Ji Yanchen was most afraid that Chi Qiu would be sad, so he quickly changed his words: "Then explain to me? Don't be unhappy, I, I just hope that he will show more affection to you. I swear, I didn't mean to target him! "
He raised four fingers and immediately became a paper tiger surnamed Ji in front of Chi Qiu.
But Chi Qiu couldn't explain Lu Ming's situation to Ji Yanchen. Even Chi Lanyan had no choice but to speak.
Afterwards, Chi Qiu unilaterally contacted Chi Lanyan many times, and repeatedly asked her to pretend not to know.
Fortunately, Chi Lanyan has always been a tight-lipped person. Although she was angry, she did not embarrass Chi Qiu after all. However, she told Chi Qiu: "If it is caused by something that happened in the past, then if Lu Ming doesn't face the past, this symptom may not be cured."
How could Chi Qiu not know, but he was reluctant to uncover Lu Ming's scar.
And Lu Ming is also unwilling to reveal the abyss in his heart to anyone, including his pillow.