Officer Chen's family lives in a rather old residential building, still in the architectural style of the 1990s, without an elevator. The corridor was narrow and the lights were dim. Climbing up the concrete steps, He Yan turned her head until she was dizzy, and then she saw the blue-gray anti-theft iron door.
She looked up at the house number, confirmed it was correct, and then tapped on the door lightly. After a while, there was the sound of a wheelchair rolling inside the non-soundproof door, and then Mother Chen's voice sounded from inside the door, "Who is it?"
"Mother Chen, hello. It's me. He Yan," she replied.
The room was quiet for two or three seconds, and then she heard the sound of twisting the door lock, a moment later. The door was opened from the inside, Mother Chen looked up at her and smiled while sitting in a wheelchair, and said, "Please come in quickly, Mr. He."
After she finished speaking, she realized that her wheelchair was blocking the door again, so she smiled again. Shaking the wheelchair back, he gave way, "Come in, please."
"You can always call me He Yan, or Yanyan, my parents call me that." He Yan wanted to step forward to help the old man push the wheelchair, but was rejected. Mother Chen smiled at her and explained, "It's more convenient for me to come by myself."
He Yan then stopped. Led by Mother Chen, she went to the living room and sat down. Look at this cramped little house without showing any trace. Regardless of He Yan's obstruction, Chen's mother poured her a glass of white water and introduced to her: "This is the public housing of the unit in the early years. I bought it myself during the housing reform. In recent years, the old neighbors have moved out a lot. , the houses are all rented out to outsiders, and the residents are relatively mixed.”
He Yan looked at Chen's mother, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Is it convenient for you to live alone? Some relatives in my hometown work as nannies in the city, and they all know the basics. If necessary, I can introduce them to you."
"I appreciate the kindness, but it's not necessary." Mother Chen waved her hand with a smile, and pointed to the crutch leaning on the table, and said with a gentle smile, "It's not that you can't walk at all, but it's just that it's easier to use a wheelchair. And Guoguo is commuting, I will come back to live at night... Besides, I am not used to living in other people in my house, wait for another two years, and then I will trouble you again."
As she spoke, she turned the wheelchair and went to the back room. After a while, she brought a thick document bag over and handed it to He Yan. As if she knew that she was running out of time, she went straight to the point and said, "It's these things, I entrust them to you." I can’t tell you everything I found, but the more important information is here.”
He Yan was not polite to the old man, opened the file bag, and took out the files to read. It can be clearly seen that these materials are all printed after taking pictures. Although the handwriting is clear and variable, the fonts are somewhat distorted. She flipped through it quickly, and Chen's mother introduced to the side: "Not only after Nan Zhao was arrested, but also some were found from his hometown Beiling. In a police station."
He Yan nodded slightly. She read very fast, and soon discovered several more important things besides fingerprints. One of them is that half a year after Shen Zhijie was arrested, her accomplice Hu Hu, whose legs were broken by her, suddenly committed suicide in prison. The next day, I had unbearable abdominal pain and passed out.
Although he was a serious prisoner, the prison authorities still sent him to the hospital for treatment out of humanitarianism. After being diagnosed with acute pancreatitis, he was operated on in time.
He Yan paid special attention to the date of surgery, which happened to be one month before "Fu Shenxing" went abroad. One month later, "Fu Shenxing" went to Europe, and did not return to Nanzhao until two years later. A thread was vaguely formed in He Yan's heart, she could almost guess how Shen Zhijie escaped from prison.
In fact, it is not difficult to reason about all this. It is rare to find convincing evidence. Moreover, why did Mrs. Fu save Shen Zhijie's life like this? Shen Zhijie was swapped out, who was the one who was swapped in? Where did the real "Fu Shenxing" go
There are too many mysteries that she needs to solve one by one, and she needs to get close to Fu Shenxing, walk into his life, and even walk into the Fu family.
He Yan's time was limited, so she didn't dare to delay too long. Instead of taking the materials away, she handed them back to Mother Chen, saying: "Let's keep the things here with you, it will be safer instead. I'll try to get Fu Shenxing first." I just don’t know if I can find a reliable person for comparison.”
"Leave this to me." Mother Chen said.
He Yan got up to leave, but met Chen Heguo who came back from school at the stairs, she was very surprised to see He Yan here, and said curiously: "Teacher He?"
"Come and visit Mother Chen." He Yan explained with a smile, paused and said, "You have to take good care of grandma, if you encounter any difficulties, you can go to the school to find me, remember, just don't call."
Chen Heguo nodded in response, and politely sent He Yan off before turning around and going home. When entering the house, Chen's mother had just locked the file bag into the cabinet in the back room. Chen Heguo heard the familiar key ring, and saw the teacups for guests on the coffee table, but did not see any gifts.
She suddenly realized that He Yan had lied to her. No matter what, she should not come empty-handed to visit her elders. If He Yan really came to visit grandma, she should at least bring some fruit.
Chen's mother had already heard the movement and came out of the back room in a wheelchair. Seeing that it was her granddaughter who came back, a smile appeared on her old face, "School is over?"
"Yeah!" Chen Heguo smiled obediently, put the schoolbag aside, walked to the kitchen with the vegetables, and asked in a loud voice, "Grandma, can I make boiled cabbage heart for you tonight?"
Chen's mother smiled and replied: "Okay, grandma likes everything you eat."
While choosing dishes, Chen Heguo said, "Grandma, I saw Teacher He downstairs just now, and I gave her a few steps."
Mother Chen was sitting at the door of the kitchen, watching her granddaughter busy with a smile, and said, "Ms. He came over and sat down. She mentioned that a friend is working as an agency for studying abroad. Guoguo, do you want to study abroad?"
Chen Heguo paused, then turned to look at grandma with a smile, shook his head and said, "I don't want to, I have a classmate who left before graduating from high school, and complains to us on the Internet every day, saying that foreign countries are really not a place for people to stay. .”
Mother Chen smiled and did not continue this topic.
From He Yan's place, she took a taxi and went straight to her parents' house when she left the community. Her father still ignored her, but her mother was better off. She handed over the mobile phone box just delivered by the courier to He Yan, and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"
"I've eaten." He Yan lied, seeing her mother hesitated to speak, she knew she was going to ask about Liang Yuanze again. She felt so uncomfortable that she didn't even enter the living room, but turned around and walked out again, explaining: "I still have to prepare for the exam, and I have to read the materials for a while at night, so I'll go back first."
Her parents' house was very close to her own house. She walked over and unpacked the courier boxes. Just after unmute her phone, she received a message from Liang Yuanze. The content was very short, just two sentences: Where? I was outside my house and wanted to come over and get something.
It's just a day later, but seeing each other seems like a lifetime away.
He had the key to the house, but he didn't open the door and went in. He leaned in the corridor and waited for her. He didn't speak when she came back, but only looked up at her quietly. Her nasal cavity was sore, and she wanted to cry inexplicably, she lowered her eyes and opened the door silently, then pretended to be nonchalant, and chatted with him: "What are your plans for the future?"
With his hands in his pockets, he followed her into the door, and answered her: "I'm planning to resign, and I will go to the United States for a while, and then I will go around. As for things farther away, I haven't thought about it yet."
Liang Yuanze's mother went abroad in the early years, and she has already settled in the United States and remarried. She has invited her son over many times. If it wasn't for her, he might not be in China long ago.
She smiled unconsciously and said, "Very good."
He also smiled, and after a moment of silence, he asked her suddenly: "How can I contact you in the future?"