"But he didn't leave any evidence." Zhou Sheng said, "You can't do anything about him at all."
After talking with Liang Jinmin that day, Chen Yekai separated from her. Liang Jinmin also made an appointment with another friend and lent the car to Chen Yekai.
A few days later, before the Chinese New Year, Chen Yekai planned to drive the two to take them on the expressway and go back to Liang Jinmin's mother's house for Chinese New Year. .
"Going to the house of the person you cheated on?" Yu Hao said.
"Yes." Chen Yekai said, "Do you think this is possible?"
"Your mother will not agree." Zhou Sheng said.
Chen Yekai nodded and said, "This is the only loophole under Lin Xun's sophisticated arrangement. Apart from the parties involved, only I know the inside story, but it's limited to my wife's message, and I can't serve as any evidence."
"Lin Xun asked me not to pick him up that day. He drove there by himself. In the evening, there was a car accident on the highway. Huang Ting and I both thought it was a deliberate murder, but no matter how much we checked, we couldn't find anything. A clue. They have been fined for not wearing seat belts before abroad."
Immediately afterwards, Chen Yekai began to realize that something was wrong. From New Year's Eve to the first day of the new year, he stayed by Liang Jinmin's bed. After Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao left on the first night of the new year, Chen Yekai waited until Lin Xun. This was after the accident. Their only conversation in a month.
Chen Yekai tried his best to extract any possibility from Lin Xun, and made a recording in advance, but Lin Xun would never lose to Chen Yekai. What was even more frightening was that while he was guarding closely, the corners of his mouth were always at the corner of his mouth. With a faint smile.
"What he wanted to tell me was, 'Yes, you guessed it right, I did it all'." Chen Yekai said, "He knew that I must have started the recording, so he defended and fought back, saying angry, Sad language, but with a mocking smile on his face."
Yu Hao suddenly shuddered.
Lin Xun only gave Chen Yekai twenty minutes before leaving the ward. Then, when Yu Hao returned to the ward to bring food to Chen Yekai, he saw him kneeling in front of Liang Jinmin and choking.
"Afterwards, Huang Ting interviewed him several times on a routine basis." Chen Yekai said, "His paragraph number is too high, even Huang Ting can't ask anything, and the academy is very concerned about this matter and repeatedly pressured the police. Huang Ting can only stare at Lin Xun, expecting to find evidence that he met the object of extramarital affairs."
After a long time, Huang Ting and Chen Yekai discussed again and again, but nothing could be done. The case could only be pressed. They still had one hope - waiting for Liang Jinmin to wake up.
"Lin Xun will not give you this chance." Zhou Sheng said, "If all the previous guesses are true, he will wait patiently for his wife to bring her home, murder her again, or wait for her condition to deteriorate before giving up treatment. He is a legally recognized family member and has the right to sign."
"Maybe." Chen Yekai said, "Huang Ting told me to be patient, not to visit my wife, to treat it as nothing happened, and to let Lin Xun relax his vigilance. But for a long time, there was no progress, and I had no choice. If you wait any longer, as long as the initial limelight passes, Lin Xun will definitely start to deal with me."
On the night after the spring outing, Chen Yekai held the scalpel and waited downstairs in the teachers' dormitory. Lin Xun temporarily moved back to the academy, and that day...
"Did you really want to kill him at that time?" Yu Hao asked.
"No, I'm going to press him." Chen Yekai said, "It's not enough to kill him with one knife. That day I turned on my mobile phone to record, drank alcohol, and wanted to use it to strengthen my courage, and put the knife on his neck. Ask him the truth."
Zhou Sheng simply didn't know how to evaluate: "Do you think he can say it?"
"I don't know." Chen Yekai said, "but that's my only way. I know that he has a weakness - he is very afraid of death, very afraid of death."
Yu Hao: "Ah? Afraid of death? Didn't he learn psychology? When faced with danger, he should calmly deal with it, right?"
Chen Yekai nodded and said, "I used to accompany him to conduct a social survey interview. Once, when I went back late at night, I encountered a group of people robbing him at gunpoint. There was a dead body on the side of the road. At that time, he was very frightened. pretended."
"He didn't dare to resist at all. Faced with the threat of death, he couldn't walk, and he couldn't think of any way to do it. At that time, he could only rely on me and the robbers to deal with it." Chen Yekai said, "The robbers are all juvenile offenders. Cruel, we gave all the money we had to each other, and they were not satisfied. Sometimes, you have to be more fierce than them towards these people. When you are fierce, the other party will be cowardly. We don't see it in the dark, and then the robbers themselves When I left, I immediately called the police to make a record, and when I arrived at the police station, I found out that Lin Xun was so frightened that he lost control."
Zhou Sheng suddenly felt amused: "Are you so afraid of death?"
Chen Yekai said: "It's normal, some people are afraid of death, and some are not. Many people in life have never really faced a definite death, so they lack a clear understanding of themselves... But let's not discuss this, I think , if he really realizes I'm going to kill him, maybe some truth will be revealed."
Yu Hao said, "But this method of collecting evidence cannot be used as evidence."
"Yes." Chen Yekai said, "I can't, I don't know why I did that. The impulse and anger blinded my eyes, just like the ubiquitous lightning in a dream, I even thought about killing him, Anyway, thanks to you."
The next morning, Chen Yekai proposed to resign. The dean was not surprised at all and approved it that morning. And then there's a series of things that happened after that...
"No." Chen Yekai said, "The whole process is like this. By the way, it is my father who helped Lin Xun with divorce counseling. In the last twelve years, my father has never lost a lawsuit. "
Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao were leaning back on their chairs, each with a headache.
Chen Yekai said, "Ask me again? I can answer anything."
Yu Hao looked at Zhou Sheng, then at Chen Yekai, and said, "We haven't thought about it until now, if... uh, I mean, in all these things, in case, I mean, What if Lin Xun was really just wronged?"
"I thought about it." Chen Yekai smiled slightly and replied, "So I've been suffering all the time, but I'm too familiar with the teacher. I've known him for nearly seven years. What he wanted to say, he said the first half of the sentence. , I can understand the second half of the sentence. You ask me if he has psychologically interfered with me, and in retrospect, I can definitely answer: yes."
"He wants to exile me." Chen Yekai said, "He wants to eliminate all uncertain factors, even if he guesses that he is going to beat Mr. Liang's Zhou Sheng. He is very good at grasping many small details and then magnifying them. , lured yourself into the wrong, but he clearly miscalculated you this time. He wouldn't have imagined that there could be a supernatural force behind it all."
Zhou Sheng said: "There is no evidence, no one can be convicted. This is correct. We are not trying to convict him now, are we?"
"Well..." Yu Hao thought about it, it was true, they didn't plan to do anything to Lin Xun now. According to the principle of never suspecting a crime, no one would go to trouble Lin Xun until new evidence was obtained. .
The three fell silent again, Chen Yekai stroked his hair, and his hair was a little longer.
"Take you guys for a haircut?" Chen Yekai said.
"I still have a question." Zhou Sheng suddenly said, "Kakai, you are so rich, where did your money come from? Didn't you cut ties with your family long ago?"
Yu Hao thought that he was right, but this topic was too gossip, and he was never too embarrassed to ask it.
Zhou Sheng looked at Chen Yekai suspiciously, but Chen Yekai was helpless and smiled: "After graduation, I partnered with a senior brother to open a technology company, and received psychological and behavioral analysis reflected in big data, including crowd portraits and some collective trends. Prediction... That's the one, the senior who helped me check the homepage to access the IP address."
"Oh—" Zhou Sheng nodded.
"Many software and websites are in need of this service." Chen Yekai said, "It was originally agreed that the company would be listed on Nasdaq, but then I really didn't want to do it, so we sold the company."
Yu Hao wondered how much the company could sell for? But he refrained from asking.
Zhou Sheng really wanted to ask, but he didn't.
"The previous data analysis framework is still in use by many websites, and we are paid some patent fees on a regular basis every year. What? Zhou Sheng, do you need the money? You can speak up whenever you need it... Yu Hao, you too, don't be polite to me. "
Zhou Sheng hurriedly said, "I'm just curious."
Chen Yekai said casually, "What you have in your family is money, but money is not important anymore. It's good to live a happy life."
Zhou Shengdao: "It's all my dad's. It's hard to say if I can survive when I leave the society someday."
"Why do you care about such a thing?" Chen Yekai laughed, thought about it, and said, "Well, I made a little plan in the morning. The best thing to do now is not to disturb anyone."
"Yeah." Zhou Sheng replied, "This is the most appropriate way, and since you've all left, don't go back to school."
"I'll find a place to live first." Chen Yekai said, "I'll find Huang Ting when I'm free, and get my head straight. Don't worry, Zhou Sheng, even if I die, I'll never tell anyone about these things. Say."
"I believe in you." Zhou Sheng said, "It doesn't matter."
"You guys should go back to school first." Chen Yekai said, "Now only you can monitor Lin Xun."
"If he is so easy to show off," Zhou Sheng said helplessly, "You can clean it up yourself, do you still need us?"
"Not necessarily." Chen Yekai said, "In his impression, I have already left."
"As long as you don't die," Zhou Sheng said, "he will definitely be very careful. Don't talk about it, I'm tired today, so let's go back first... Wait, today is Monday?!"
Yu Hao just remembered that there is a class in the morning! And they turned off the alarm clock. At this time, when they looked at the mobile phone, there were more than 400 unread messages in it. Xue Long scolded the two of them in the group. What about review papers? Submit your review statement now!
Fu Liqun calmly asked the two of them, where they went to have a good time when they couldn't find them outside the hotel.
"There are still twenty minutes before the class meeting, come back soon." Fu Liqun's voice said in the group of four.
Yu Hao: "It's over! I have to do a review today! What should I do?!"
"I'm afraid of Mao." Zhou Sheng said, "Let me go!"
Yu Hao couldn't help but remember the fear of being dominated by the review at the grade meeting last time, but Zhou Sheng didn't care at all. He took a taxi to the school gate, put his hands in his pockets, and covered his head with the hood of his sportswear. The classroom door went straight in.
Behind him was Yu Hao, who quickly passed by and sat down at the class seat, which immediately caused a burst of laughter.
Xue Long stood on the stage with an angry look on his face, Yu Hao sat down and glanced at it, Lin Xun didn't come, this person was really strange, he asked Zhou Sheng to do the review, but he didn't come to listen.
Zhou Sheng walked straight to the stage.
Xue Long: "..."
"Cough!" Zhou Sheng put one hand in his pocket and took the microphone with the other, and said, "Hey, hey, can you hear me?"
There was another burst of laughter, and the entire multi-functional classroom cheered wildly and slapped the table. Yu Hao put his hand on his forehead, remembering when he was doing his own self-examination a few months ago, the seat where Chen Yekai was sitting at that time was now empty.
"I'm sorry." Zhou Sheng said again, "I'm here today and sincerely apologize to classmate Lei Hongbo and everyone in Class 3."
The entire multi-functional conference room was silent.
Xue Long's face was extremely ugly, but Zhou Sheng bowed politely and said, "I was impulsive at the time, I hope everyone will not take it to heart, I will definitely restrain myself in the future, say something well, and won't fight again. , ask my classmates to supervise me together."
Yu Hao was very surprised by this tone in an instant. Yu Hao thought he was going to make some grandstanding jokes, but he didn't expect Zhou Sheng to apologize earnestly.
Looking at the gang from Class 3 again, their faces relaxed a little, and Class 2 began to collectively applaud again, applauding Zhou Sheng.
Zhou Sheng turned his gaze, glanced at Yu Hao, and looked at Yu Hao, Yu Hao immediately applauded him and made a "handsome" mouth gesture. With a smile, Zhou Sheng suddenly said, "As for our Yu Hao, everyone, give me Zhou Sheng a face too, don't tease him all the time, okay?"
There was an uproar in the audience in an instant, Yu Hao had not regained his senses, but behind him, the group from the second sports team were lying on the table with laughter.
Zhou Sheng added: "As for Teacher Lin, although he is not here today, I would like to sincerely apologize to him. I shouldn't talk nonsense in school, please forgive Teacher Lin, thank you!"
After Zhou Sheng bowed again, all the people in the classroom turned their heads, and countless eyes from all directions focused on Yu Hao. When Zhou Sheng stood up straight, no one looked at Yu Hao again, and each pretended that nothing had happened.
Zhou Sheng's eyes suddenly became very sharp, and he glanced at the field, with a sharp edge in an instant, and returned to his lazy appearance after a while, handed the microphone back to Xue Long, and walked off the stage.
"very handsome."
Yu Hao heard a girl in the front row whispering about Zhou Sheng. Many people didn't seem to find Zhou Sheng's handsome before. Today, everyone felt Zhou Sheng's rough and confident temperament. That look can really make people fall.
Xue Long began to talk about the situation of absenteeism and the usual balance of various disciplines, and informed Chen Yekai of his resignation. Before I knew it, it was the early summer season, and the weather was gradually getting warmer. In more than a month, the freshman year will pass.
The cicadas on the campus began to chirp, and the boys in the physical education department also changed into T-shirts and shorts. When Yu Hao, Zhou Sheng and Fu Liqun were eating a small stir-fry in the cafeteria, Fu Liqun finally couldn't help and asked what happened yesterday. Zhou Sheng kicked Yu Hao under the table, intending to let him handle it, and then briefed Fu Liqun about Lin Xun's domestic violence against Liang Jinmin and his intention to force Chen Yekai away.
Fu Liqun's expression was very complicated, but Zhou Sheng's expression was calm. Fu Liqun said, "It's not easy to solve this."
Yu Hao asked, "If it's resolved, do you think Teacher Chen will come back?"
"No way?" Zhou Sheng said regretfully.
Fu Liqun said, "It's a pity such a good teacher."
The three of them sighed for a while. After nightfall, Chen Yekai called Zhou Sheng. Zhou Sheng lay on the bed and handed over a headset from the side of the bed rail for Yu Hao to listen.
"The bicycle race is over," Chen Yekai said on the phone.
Yu Hao almost screamed, that's great!
Zhou Sheng seemed to have expected the result long ago, but he just casually said "um".
"I called the organizing committee this afternoon." Chen Yekai said, "Actually, it has nothing to do with me. Xue Long has already informed them in advance, but the organizing committee doesn't seem to care about him. inside."
Zhou Sheng burst into laughter in an instant. It turned out that Chen Yekai heard a rant from the Organizing Committee Office in the afternoon. Previously, he helped Zhou Sheng to name and stamp the official seal, and he also left his contact information. This time, Xue Long asked the organizing committee to disqualify Zhou Sheng from the competition in the name of the academy. The organizing committee asked what happened, and Xue Long told the truth that Zhou Sheng was criticized because of the fight and suggested to disqualify him.
But what the organizing committee means is: I'm sorry, we don't accept your suggestion. We are a company-sponsored event. As long as the participating students are not detained or dismissed for breaking the law, and they have the status of college students, even if they stay on school probation, they will Also eligible to participate. The implication is that what is our business to report criticism? You want to educate students to educate themselves. Sports competitions are sacred and will not cooperate with you as an excuse for punishment.
Chen Yekai wanted to go to the organizing committee in person, but after listening to the complaints, he couldn't help laughing. In the end, he informed Zhou Sheng that everything would be business as usual.
"I guess Xue Long will continue to hide this from you." Chen Yekai said, "Let you think that your qualifications have been disqualified, so don't get angry with him. It's not worth it. Anyway, what to do."
"Okay." Zhou Sheng said casually.
The final date was in the summer vacation, and there was still some time left. Zhou Sheng raised his hand, Yu Hao understood and gave him a high five with a smile.
As for Lin Xun's case, Chen Yekai's answer was: "I have communicated with Huang Ting, and we need to wait patiently."
Four months have passed since the car accident. Liang Jinmin was still lying in the hospital and did not wake up. Lin Xun began to apply to the hospital to take Liang Jinmin home. The hospital advised Lin Xun to observe for a while. Huang Ting and his colleagues monitored Lin Xun's every move every day, expecting him to reveal his faults.
Chen Yekai began to collect evidence of Lin Xun's derailment abroad, which was relatively difficult, but he had a clue. If Liang Jinmin can wake up, maybe he can give Lin Xun a decisive blow.
"There must be a way." Chen Yekai said, "I contacted Lin Xun's cheating partners, and some of them were willing to provide me with evidence. I'm going back to New York this week to ask them to talk."
"Good luck." Zhou Sheng said.
"A lot of things always seem to be obscured by fog." Chen Yekai said, "But I now believe that there will always be a day when the clouds are cleared."