After midnight, all kinds of cheers became louder and louder. Because of Shen Xiashi, everyone was sluggish a few days ago, and this year is not happy. It seems that today is the big Just like New Year's Eve, everyone unscrewed the cap of beer and clinked a glass, saying happy new year, congratulations on getting rich, and everyone's face was full of joy.
When Shen Xiashi entered the room holding flowers, everyone fell silent and glanced behind her. Jiang Liang asked, "Where's Mr. Mu?"
"Let's go." Shen Xia put the flowers away, looked at Uncle Zhou and Aunt Lan: "He asked me to bring a message to you two, saying that he will come to make amends with you when the matter at hand is finished."
Uncle Zhou waved his hands seriously, but when he turned his head, he and Aunt Lan secretly exchanged smiling eyes. When Shen Xia saw this, he thought that the two of them were still angry with Mu Ze, so he hurriedly sat over and praised Mu Ze with his mouth. The praise was so hypnotic, Uncle Zhou snorted coldly and said nothing.
Shen Xiashi had a bad nose in the end, and despite her eloquence, the two middle-aged people simply refused to let go, and their stubbornness was somewhat stronger than her.
Playing until two o'clock in the morning, Uncle Zhou and Aunt Lan couldn't bear it anymore and went to bed first. Yang Jin and Jiang Liang played cards all night. It made Jiang Liang's teeth itch, and he slaughtered him more and more ruthlessly.
Jiang Xin was not happy about this, one of his arms was still folded after the car accident, and he was hung around his neck with a plaster cast.
Yang Jin was greatly moved by Jiang Xin's appearance, and after a few hums, he raised his orchid finger, and snarled at Jiang Liang, "Honey, fuck her to death!"
While Shen Xia was enjoying watching, she kowtowed melon seeds and watched the excitement. The phone rang, and the call showed that it was Mu Ze.
She hurriedly shook the melon seed shells off her hands, wiped her hands and answered the phone: "Are you there?"
"Um."
Mu Ze suppressed his throat, and dropped three words in a low voice: "Go to sleep."
Shen Xia was surprised and looked around the room: "How do you know I'm not asleep yet?"
There was a deep laugh on the phone, and Mu Ze said: "The people in Huaijiang are watching you for me. I heard that you are still making noise in the room. You still don't go to bed at this o'clock. You are really so bad. Are you waiting for me to come back to clean up you? Hmm ?”
The last word rang in Shen Xiashi's ears in a low and deep voice. Shen Xiashi instantly understood what Mu Ze meant by tidying up. Fortunately, the people on the opposite side were playing cards happily and didn't pay attention to her movement here, otherwise she would be blushing. His face will definitely be teased by them for several days.
She changed the topic: "Where are the people in Huaijiang? It can't be outside, it's freezing..."
Before he finished speaking, Mu Ze lazily interrupted: "Xia Xia, if you care about others, my husband will be unhappy."
"Where is this someone else? Isn't this your brother..." Shen Xia walked to the window, stretched his head to look out, it was dark, except for the cold and the howling wind, there were two lonely street lamps, no 241 traces of pedestrians.
Mu Ze seemed to be even more unhappy. He must have a cigarette in his mouth, and his voice was a little vague: "They rented a room in your building to live in. They usually protect you and won't disturb you if nothing happens. You What are you talking about, go to sleep now."
Shen Xiashi hummed, and Mu Ze gave a few more instructions, such as calling if you have something to do, don't run around when you have nothing to do, eat on time, don't kick the quilt at night, Shen Xiashi listens, and when he finishes speaking, he agrees obediently.
The two hung up the phone.
Mu Ze threw the phone aside, threw the cigarette butt away, closed his eyes and leaned back on the back of the chair, lazily stretched out his hands to rub the center of his brows, and said, "If you have any questions, just ask. I'm in a good mood now."
Sitting across from Qin Jiang and Zhou Qi, the two of them came to him to talk about something. When he came, he had just hung up a call from the Huaijiang Department, and he pinched his cigarette with a heavy expression. He just said indifferently: "I'll make a call later if I have something to do."
Seeing his serious expression, the two of them thought something was wrong, and when they got connected, they ended up telling their wives to go to bed!
Qin Jiang and Zhou Qi were full of shit.
Forget it, they remembered what Mu Ze said just before he hung up the phone: "Be good, baby, my husband will be back in two days."
The appearance of her heart loving her pet is so hot!
However, after hanging up the phone, the gentle expression on Mu Ze's face was blown away by the strong wind for a second, and he lay there coldly, with his eyes closed lazily, speaking impatiently, as if he didn't want to see the two of them. His mother, one is in the sky and the other is in the ground.
Zhou Qi and Qin Jiang felt a deep blow in their hearts, and they didn't speak for a long time.
Mu Ze opened his eyes, glanced at them, and said calmly: "Speak."
"Wait." With a serious expression, Qin Jiang took out a cigarette from her bag, lit it deeply, took a deep breath, and said, "I'm more curious about your love story now."
Mu Ze: "..."
His upper body was still as stable as Mount Tai, and when he kicked his long legs, Qin Jiang fell off the stool. The latter stood up from the ground and sat a little further away with the stool in his hand. He didn't dare to joke anymore, so he hurriedly got down to business: "We are also investigating a few recently. The incident a year ago, the more you investigate, the more strange it becomes, and it's all evidence against you."
The implication is that Mu Ze may have indeed betrayed them. Hearing this, Mu Ze laughed, raised his legs, and crossed his arms: "In that case, why do you come to ask my father? Do you want to fight?"
This buddy is too irritable.
If there is a disagreement, I want to fight.
Qin Jiang and Zhou Qi wanted to fight, but the key point was that they couldn't win.
Zhou Qi quickly waved his hands and said no: "These evidences have to be put aside, and Qin Jiang and I designated you as the one, but after the conversation that night, we both felt that something was wrong, as if all the spearheads were pointed at you..."
The volume of his speech dropped, and an unintentional sentence seemed to unlock an important message. The room became quiet, and the three of them looked at each other silently...
Looking up again, Mu Ze suddenly overturned the table: "What the hell are you trying to say?"
The two originally wanted to talk to Mu Ze, but they didn't expect him to blow up at the slightest bit, and they had no patience at all. As a result, Zhou Qi and Qin Jiang's complexions became ugly. They have been with Master Feng for so many years, and no one has the temper of being a big brother. Dry fight.
The three of them formed into a group, Qin Jiang and Zhou Qi made a killer, two against one, each move was aimed at Mu Ze's gate, and Mu Ze was both offensive and defensive, and fought several rounds, fighting against each other. They all hung up the dots, retreated and stood still, clenched their fists and waited for the battle, when the body was tense and ready to fight again—
"stop!"
Master Feng opened the door and came in: "My brothers are fighting each other, how can I teach you!"
Mu Ze stood still, put away his sloppy expression, and called out respectfully: "Father."
Master Feng hummed, and sat down over Mu Ze.
Handing over the cigar box, Master Feng stretched out his hand, slid his fingers over a row of cigars, picked one, put it under his nose and smelled it, then bit it in his mouth, turned his head to light the lighter that the younger brother stretched out, and the smoke rose Get up, blurring Master Feng's face.
His tone was flat, without any waves: "I know you are not convinced and Mu will come back to take over Nightingale, but look at you..."
Master Feng glanced at the scars on Qin Jiang and Zhou Qi's faces, looked away, and shook lightly in the ashtray on the table a few times: "Both of you can't beat him, you still have a little self-knowledge, Nightingale will let you take care of me Don't worry about it either."
Mu Ze frowned at these words.
It's a bit of a discordant taste.
Sure enough, the two were very unconvinced, they bit their cheeks hard, and clenched their hands into fists by their sides. After a while, they lowered their heads and said in a deep voice, "Yes."
"That's enough." Master Feng got up: "It's the Chinese New Year, it's really noisy, let's rest, there will be a big deal in a few days."
When passing by Mu Ze, Master Feng stopped and exhaled a puff of smoke. Mu Ze did not hide or dodge, his eyes looked at him, and Master Feng suddenly asked, "Where have you been these few days?"
Mu Ze said lightly: "Didn't my father send someone to watch me?" He looked at Qin Jiang and Zhou Qi: "Ask them."
Master Feng moved his eyes to look over, without him asking, Qin Jiang answered two words directly: "Bar."
"A good place to go." Master Feng seemed very satisfied, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he patted Mu Ze's shoulder three times: "There are plenty of women here, tell father, is there any woman you like recently?"
"No."
Master Feng clicked his tongue twice and raised his eyebrows: "Why, are you still thinking about that prosecutor?"
That's what I think about all the time.
Mu Ze's expression was indifferent, and there was no emotion in his eyes, making it impossible to see what was going on in his heart, and his tone was also light: "It's just a woman, I don't think about it."
"Okay, very good!" Master Feng walked out with a cigar in his mouth, coming and leaving in a majestic manner, followed by a group of younger brothers, all of whom were in a state of grandeur.
In the past, Master Feng always punished Nightingale for any internal fights, but today it was an accident. Not only did he not blame him, but he talked to three people separately, and they didn't know what they talked about. Qin Jiang and Zhou Qi looked at Mu Ze's eyes became sharper, and the relationship between the three was not harmonious at first glance, but Master Feng also arranged for Zhou Qi and Qin Jiang to be Mu Ze's right and left hands, and he didn't know what kind of wishful thinking he was planning.
*
Seven days after the new year, the hustle and bustle of the new year gradually faded away. As an administrative unit, the procuratorate got out of the hustle and bustle of the new year early. In the new year, the database of the procuratorate brought in various difficult cases , Shen Xiashi plunged headlong into work, investigation, interrogation, court hearing, and sometimes he was so busy that he didn't even have time to eat.
Mu Ze would call her whenever he was free, but he seemed to be busy recently, and there were fewer calls and messages. When Shen Xia was free, he was always worried that something would happen to him. .
The only good news is that An Bohe was removed from the position of chief prosecutor for no other reason. The reason is that he himself was not upright and could not be the leader of many prosecutors. How much, making friends with rich people all day long, without any awareness of administrative staff, and having a lot of money is naturally suspicious.
Minister Zhou has worked diligently for the Procuratorate for 20 years. Over the years, he has achieved outstanding performance and managed well. This year, he was finally promoted to the new Chief Prosecutor. As the saying goes, there are three fires for a new official to take office. The first fire for a new Chief Prosecutor is to order the Procuratorate to be rectified There are all kinds of unhealthy tendencies in the house, and the speech is full of bureaucracy during the meeting. Shen Xiashi is so happy that he can make fun of it afterwards.
After a busy day, Shen Xia returned to the apartment with a tired body, took out his mobile phone, but there was still no call or message from Mu Ze, probably he was too busy recently.
Shen Xiashi opened the WeChat message he sent to himself a few days ago: Xia Xia, wait a little longer, and wait for her husband to come back.
good.
she will wait.
Will wait no matter how long.
If he doesn't come, she will go to him.
Shen Xia took a deep breath, threw her bag aside and collapsed on the sofa, her mother's ashes were placed on the table next to her, she straightened up and hugged her in her arms, rubbing her palm on the cold altar: "Mom, are you doing well?" okay?"
"Xiaxia is having a good time, eating well and wearing warm clothes, and nothing else except being busy with work."
"Don't worry about me. I have family too. Minister Zhou is like a father, and Aunt Lan is like a mother. Their family has an older brother who treats me very well. Last year, my sister-in-law gave birth to a little nephew, and this year she already knows how to call me aunt."
"I also have many friends. Although they are noisy, they all treat me very well. By the way, Xia Xia has a boyfriend. His name is Mu Ze. He..."
Shen Xiashi pursed her lips and smiled, leaned closer to the urn, and said in a low voice: "I like him very much."
She talked to herself for a while, but no one responded to her. Shen Xia lowered her head in frustration, and a few tears fell on the lid of the altar. She quickly stretched her sleeves and wiped it clean. Some Sha: "Mom, good night."
She picked up the ashes, found the key to the room her mother lived in, opened the door, and turned on the light. The layout inside was exactly the same as when Shen Runqiu was alive. Shen Xia was afraid of hurting his feelings, so he never entered this room before.
After so many years, no one cleaned it. Of course, the house is very dirty. Everything is covered with a thick layer of dust, which can no longer be seen. The corners of the walls are covered with dense cobwebs. The musty smell and The smell of dust made the throat dry and unbearably dry, Shen Xia sighed, and couldn't sleep anyway, why not clean the room and put the mother's ashes in it.
After changing into home clothes, Shen Xiashi fetched several basins of water from the bathroom, and his eyes fell on Shen Runqiu's desk, um, let's start from here.
The table was full of dust, wiped it with a rag, the dust flew into the air, Shen Xia covered his mouth and nose and coughed a few times, lowered his head, and continued to wipe the table vigorously.
She didn't expect that it took so much effort to wipe down a table, and when it was cleaned, a thin layer of sweat was already on her body, and the dry and cold wind blew outside the window, and it was cold after alternating hot and cold.
Shen Xiashi shivered, the water in the basin was so dirty that she turned black, she took it to the bathroom to change a basin of clean water again.
There are a few small cabinets on the desk, and the locks are rusted due to age and humidity in the room. In the summer, I went back to my bedroom to rummage through the cabinets to find the keys.
After opening the cabinet, the denser dust made her frown. She slapped her palm a few times, but the freshness of the air did not seem to improve. The letter made her pause.
Under the cover of dust, she vaguely saw her name.
After picking it up to wipe off the dust, on the envelope was impressively: "My daughter, An Xiashi personally opened it."
The word "An" was her previous surname, so it's not surprising that Shen Runqiu called her that.
After so many years, Shi Yue accidentally found something left by her mother. Shen Xiashi felt an unspeakable feeling in her heart. She stood there for a while, wondering whether she should open it. The fact that her mother committed suicide by jumping off the building was always on her mind. A thorn, because of this, she was even a little afraid to read the contents of the letter.
After hesitating, he finally tore off the seal and unfolded the letter with trembling fingers—
Xia Xia:
Literally.
Mom doesn't like to start this with you, but, I believe my daughter is now strong enough to accept that Mom has left you.
When you read this letter, you may be ten years old, fifteen years old, eighteen years old, or you may never see it in your life...
But there are some things that mom must tell you.
Mom loves you, no one in this world loves you more than mom, you don’t know how much mom wants to live, I want to grow up with you, I want to see you get married, I want to see you become a mother too...
But I know that my Xia Xia is so good, she will have a good life.
You have to remember that although there are sufferings in life, as long as you work hard, all the storms and waves will be overcome. No matter what you experience, my mother hopes that you will always keep your heart and not get lost.
Although your father is confused, you must not give up your ideal of being a prosecutor because of him. Mom hopes that you can stand upright in court, punish evil and promote good, as we once agreed.
You will be more frank, loyal and kind than An Bohe.
Xia Xia, mother wishes you to be safe, healthy, happy and happy.
Promise me, you will be happy.
——
Shen Xiashi's hand holding the envelope was trembling, her throat could not make a sound, the sharp pain crushed every inch of her body, tears fell silently, she nodded, and then nodded again: "I am now the highest winning lawyer in the procuratorate. Prosecutor, I didn't give up, I didn't."
[You will be more magnanimous, more loyal, and kinder than An Bohe. ]
Shen Xiashi cried tremblingly, grabbed the stool beside her and forced herself to stand upright, a little out of breath, when she recovered, she suddenly roared in pain: "I will! I will!"
[Promise me, you will be happy. ]
She nodded, and nodded frantically: "I will! I will! I promise you!"
Mu Ze heard crying from outside the house, didn't care to knock on the door, slammed the door open, and quickly rushed to Shen Xia's side. She looked up, her eyes were red and swollen, her face was full of tears, and she supported the table with her hands so that she wouldn't fall down on the ground. on the ground.
The moment Mu Ze met her, Shen Xiashi's body immediately went limp. He hugged her firmly, his eyes scanned the letter in her hand, and after a brief reading, he also frowned.
The man's face was heavy, his lips were tightly pursed, he hugged her body and walked out of the room without saying a word, sat down on the sofa, he wrapped her whole body in his arms, hugged her tightly, and didn't speak, as long as Shen Xia As soon as the corners of his eyes got wet, he immediately wiped them off, obviously not wanting to see her cry.
In the past, it was impossible for him to let her cry for so long, but the object was Shen Xiashi's mother, if she wanted to be sad, she would be sad once, and after that, she had to be happy, happy, as her mother said. .
Shen Xia's mood stabilized a lot, and she was tired from crying. She wrapped her arms around the bend of his neck, pursed her lips and looked at him with a smile, and said in a relieved tone, "Mu Ze, I was not abandoned by my mother."
"Yeah." He took her hand and pressed it on his heart, his voice was a little choked: "Don't cry, my heart hurts."
Shen Xia nodded, obediently wiped away the tears, wrapped his neck and nestled in his arms, after crying, her body still twitched from time to time, it was very pitiful, Mu Ze sighed, hugged her tightly tight.
On that letter paper,
The last line of words is particularly conspicuous under the warm yellow light, [Promise me, you will be happy. ]
Mu looked away: Well, I will make her happy.