The night was getting darker, and the car lights shone, as if tearing apart the cold and silent night.
Ning Li stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, quietly watching this scene.
She took a deep breath, from the nasal cavity to the trachea, to the chest cavity and heart, there was a suppressed pain that almost made her tremble all over.
After a while, her cold limbs gradually warmed up, and she seemed to have finally regained some consciousness.
Then, she turned and went downstairs again.
Lu Huaiyu was sitting in the car, on the phone.
"Well, take her to Lincheng."
tuk tuk.
Lu Huaiyu raised his eyes and saw Ning Li standing outside the window.
He hung up the phone, then opened the door and got out of the car.
"Ali?"
Ning Li shook her head.
"Second brother, you go back first."
Lu Huaihe turned his head and saw the cars parked one after another behind him, how could he not guess what she was thinking.
He retracted his gaze, lowered his eyes to look at her, and scanned her face carefully.
In fact, since receiving her call until now, she has hardly said anything, and even rarely showed her emotions.
Maybe it happened so suddenly that she hadn't reacted yet.
Just as he was about to speak, he met her eyes when he paused suddenly.
For a moment, he nodded in compromise.
"good."
The black Bentley turned around and drove out first.
Afterwards, Ning Li came to Mr. Gu's car.
Seeing her, Mrs. Gu hurriedly said:
"Why did Ali come down again?"
Ning Li saw that her eyes were still red.
The two old people are already old, and after today's running around, their bodies may not be able to bear it.
Especially Mrs. Gu.
Ning Li pursed her lips slightly, and said:
"You two go back first."
Fearing that they would refuse, she continued.
"Don't worry me, okay?"
As soon as this sentence came out, it really worked.
Mrs. Gu was still a little reluctant, so Mr. Gu patted her hand.
"Okay, just listen to Ali. Let's come early tomorrow."
Only then did Madam Gu agree.
Ning Li backed away, and when the car drove out, she walked back again.
Gu Tingfeng was originally reluctant to leave, but considering that he had to go back to take care of the two elderly people, he finally compromised and went back with Liang Su.
Then came Gu Tingchuan.
"Uncle Gu." Ning Li called out, "It's getting late, don't wait here."
Gu Tingchuan frowned with the word "Chuan", and said in a deep voice:
"I have been waiting for so many years, and this day is not bad."
He has a cold temper, and as soon as he said something, Ning Li knew that he couldn't persuade him.
She had no choice but to go to Gu Tingyun.
However, Gu Tingyun refused to move.
He glanced at the time with a gentle expression:
"It's only a short while, and it's okay to wait a while."
The last one was Gu Tinglan.
After lending Gu Siyang's car to Ning Li, he got into Gu Tinglan's car.
"Doctor Gu."
Gu Tinglan and Gu Siyang were both in the car, they heard the sound and looked together.
Gu Tinglan stared at her for a while, then smiled.
"Don't worry, I'll take Siyang back later, there are still some things to arrange in Lincheng."
Ning Li nodded.
She finally came to Shen Zhijin's car.
He is holding the phone and seems to be looking at something.
Hearing the movement, he looked up.
Ning Li's gaze swept across his phone, it seemed to be a photo.
"Teacher Shen."
Ning Li's hands tightened slightly,
"It's quite cold, your wound hasn't fully healed yet, you'd better go back."
Shen Zhijin looked at her, was silent for a long time, and smiled faintly.
His voice was very soft, as if he would be blown away by the wind in this cold winter night at any time.
"Ning Li, I don't have the right to ask you anything, but I should have the right to wait for this night."
Ning Li went upstairs and turned on the lights in the room.
Bright light filled the space, almost blindingly.
She nestled on the sofa, sitting with her knees hugged, her eyes a little out of focus.
All the past, one after another, emerged before her eyes.
last life.
this life.
Grandma, Ning Haizhou, Su Yuan.
Shen Zhijin, Gu Tingyin.
In the end, it was herself.
—Ning Li.
— sugar sugar.
She closed her eyes and lay her pillow on her lap, breathing lightly as if about to disappear.
Shen Zhijin waited downstairs.
The same is true for Gu Tingchuan and Gu Tingyun.
The three cars were silent, as if they were engaged in some kind of invisible confrontation.
Shen Zhijin looked at the phone again.
That is a photo.
That should be her thirteen years old.
The dilapidated and mottled tube building, the dirty stagnant water spread winding water stains on the potholed ground, and several potted plants were crooked, with their leaves hanging limply under the sun.
Her T-shirt was frayed, and her jeans were washed white.
Dust floated in the sunlight, her chin was raised slightly, her indifferent and proud eyes almost fell on his heart through the years.
Shen Zhijin stared at the photo for a long time, sharp pain spread from deep in his heart, and even his internal organs ached.
He held the steering wheel tightly with one hand, and due to the force, veins gradually emerged on the back of his hand.
—I have a student who recently wrote a thesis whose research direction is very close to yours. Would you like to take a look
—A Li, it's outstanding. It has a perfect score in the national object competition, and it's also the top scorer in the science department of the college entrance examination in M province!
— By the way, she reported to the Department of Astronomy of Xijing University, you should have a chance to meet her.
—Is that Ning Li? Her parents divorced, her father went to prison, her mother remarried, and she grew up with her grandmother.
—I heard that she used to earn living expenses and tuition fees by going out to work part-time by herself.
Shen Zhijin seemed to finally be unable to bear it, and bent slightly, pain appeared in his handsome and clean eyes.
He rested his forehead on his arm and closed his eyes tightly.
—My dad owed other people’s lives before, and those people came to collect their life debts, and I couldn’t afford to pay them back. Didn’t I still live well until now
— Ning Li! Do you have to ask me to kneel down and beg you before you will help your brother! Why is your heart so cruel!
—Mr. Shen, so Brother Yan Qiu and I get equal pay for equal work
—My birthday, June twenty-sixth.
—Thank you, Teacher Shen.
Endless chill invaded from all around, tightly bound him, unable to break free.
He thought of what she had said, of the day when she was alone and surrounded by so many people, of the letter she tore up and threw into the trash can, and of the steel pipe that slammed at her.
Shen Zhijin's body trembled violently, the pain almost tore him apart completely.
The cold watch was pressed against his forehead, which hurt.
How could it hurt so much.
How could it hurt so much.
A low, hoarse voice sounded in the car.
"I'm sorry, Yinyin, I'm sorry. Tangtang is sorry."
He repeated, over and over.
The lights upstairs in Ning Li stayed on all night.
From dark to dawn.
When morning came, several cars arrived downstairs and waited again.
Ning Li got up from the sofa and took a brief wash.
She stared at herself in the mirror for a long time before she picked up her backpack and went downstairs.
Like yesterday, she chose to drive by herself.
Half an hour later, the group arrived at the identification center.
Sang Yuan was already waiting, holding a sealed file bag in his hand.
That was the result of the paternity test between Ning Li and Shen Zhijin.
It's late, please don't wait
(end of this chapter)