Zhao Minli didn't listen to what the private detective on the other side said afterward. Her eyes fell on Liao's mother's photos, and she flipped through them one by one with trembling fingertips until she finished reading the last one. Realized that he had lost his composure in front of outsiders again.

With a very abrupt smile, Zhao Minli said to the detective: "The rest of the final payment has been credited to the account. You have done a good job this time, but I hope no one else will know about it. I will prepare a separate copy of the thank you gift." of."

After saying this, she felt like adding a hush money, which shows that she really cares about this fact very much.

A private detective has a job in this line of work, so he naturally understands the rules of this line of work. He is used to the secrets hidden in many seemingly harmonious families, and he is not surprised by any weird requests, so he is very serious. Nodded, then hastily got up and said goodbye to show his sincerity.

Zhao Minli didn't react to his departure. She just shook her hand and knocked the photos down on the ground. She picked them up several times before tidying them all up.

Those photos were collected by private detectives after a lot of effort. There are graduation photos of Liao's mother when she was a girl, travel photos, and photos of attending events after meeting Liao's father. The most conspicuous one should be when she was in the It was taken at the coming-of-age ceremony, surrounded by friends, with haughty brows and eyes, and the emerald necklace was worn around the neck.

In the investigation report, the private detective gave the most likely guess about the origin of the necklace based on the information collected.

Liao's mother, as a much-loved jewel in her teenage years, received this adult gift from her parents. She should cherish this gift very much, otherwise, she would not have eloped with Zhao's father desperately for love.But after her romantic fantasy was shattered, she didn't keep anything, even this necklace was given to Father Zhao.

Fortunately or unfortunately, Zhao's father even has no idea of ​​the value of this kind of jewelry. He regards the necklace as a worthless gadget. small gift.

After having this reason, when Zhao Minli saw the necklace when she returned home, she felt only ridiculous in her heart.

Liao's mother, who had not been honed in life, really looked a lot like Zhao Minli. The sharpness and arrogance between her brows was a bit like a rose. No wonder she was able to marry into the wealthy Liao family and start a new life after she made a mistake. .But it is obvious that that experience completely changed her, making her the vulgar and extremely powerful appearance when she appeared in front of Zhao Minli later.

Faced with this hard-won result, Zhao Minli accepted it very quickly. One day not long after, she followed the route in her memory to Liao's mother's cemetery, holding a bunch of well-behaved white flowers bought in a flower shop in her hand. chrysanthemum.

It wasn't until she approached that she realized that Liao Yuanqing was beside her. She subconsciously took two steps back, and then walked over as if nothing happened.The distance at this moment is really too close, if he turns around and leaves here, Liao Yuanqing is afraid that he will have business in his heart, but it will be self-defeating.

It's not that Zhao Minli is so ill that his eyesight is bad, but that Liao Yuanqing is really weird. He stands motionless under the green pines and cypresses next to the tombstone, and he is dressed in dark clothes. Can't see him.

Zhao Minli originally planned to put down the flowers and leave. She had a terrible impression of Mother Liao as her biological mother. After knowing the truth, she wished she could be a Nezha. A reincarnation of karma like injustice.

However, Liao Yuanqing seemed to be looking for something if he had nothing to do: "So you already know."

Zhao Minli nodded, she didn't really want to see Liao Yuanqing, she now thought that the other party was her half-brother, and lamenting that the family relationship was so messed up, she couldn't help thinking of a popular saying many years ago ——May lovers in the world eventually become brothers and sisters.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Minli said: "Yes, now that I think about it, I have to thank her for some things. Otherwise, it would be another great tragedy. However, we should not see each other again in the future, so as not to make each other feel uncomfortable. After all, I am not If you can't treat you as a relative, you should do the same."

Only then did Liao Yuanqing sneer. He was hidden in the shadow of the tree, so the haggardness of his face was not obvious, but occasionally when the wind blew the branches, the sun shone on his face, and the black eyes under his eyes It is very obvious.

"How can we be relatives?" Liao Yuanqing laughed more and more vigorously. He didn't know whether he was mocking Zhao Minli or himself, and finally he simply leaned on the trunk and told the secret that he had been suppressing for a long time: " The woman on the tombstone is not my mother at all!"

This time, it was Zhao Minli's turn to be shocked again, the flower in her hand fell unsteadily on the ground, she staggered a bit, then stepped over the bouquet to grab Liao Yuanqing's sleeve, and asked, "What's going on? I don't know what else is going on here! Tell me quickly!"

Even though she was shaking herself, Liao Yuanqing turned his head and looked at the most ethereal direction in the cemetery: "My dad has no fertility at all, otherwise why do you think the heir of the Liao family who was in the limelight back then would put the well-matched daughter Qianjin?" Instead of marrying, you want to be with a woman whose family is far inferior to yours?"

When he said this, he finally looked at Zhao Minli: "The so-called love is simply fake. All he needs is a partner who can help conceal the truth."

The disharmony that I felt at home since I was a child finally had an answer at this moment. Liao Yuanqing thought: No wonder they never considered my thoughts. A tool used to inherit the family business, of course, it must go according to the plan.

"What about you?" Zhao Minli asked tremblingly, she suddenly felt sympathy for Liao Yuanqing, and felt that he had the same disease as her, and even more pitiful.

Different from people who never get it, losing it after getting it is the real torture. What I once took for granted is actually a luxury, and what I used to take for granted is just an illusion that can be taken away at any time. Even the identity that has been used for more than 20 years is also was forcibly added.

Liao Yuanqing has been a proud son of heaven for so long, and now he is put on the fire, his whole body is on the verge of exploding, and he is even more like an explosion when answering questions: "Are you asking me? Of course I am a person they don't know. Where did you get the bastard! You should be happy now? Satisfied!"

Feeling dizzy all of a sudden, Zhao Minli's mood fluctuated greatly one after another, and she began to lose her strength without warning, so she reluctantly comforted Liao Yuanqing: "Why do you say that about yourself, obviously."

Before she finished speaking, Zhao Minli's eyes began to darken. She let go of Liao Yuanqing's sleeves, and wanted to rest on the nearby pine and cypress tree. It broke her.

Slowly leaning against the tree trunk and falling to the ground, Zhao Minli soundlessly seemed to be dead.

"What are you doing?" Liao Yuanqing was immersed in resentment and was extremely excited: "Are you mocking me like this!"

It wasn't until he saw Zhao Minli's paler face than before that he realized something was wrong. The blood on his face also faded away, and all the emotions in his heart turned into anxiety and fear. He gently shook Zhao Minli's body and asked. : "Are you okay? Can you hear me!"

Naturally, there was no response. Although Zhao Minli's condition has been controlled to a certain extent due to chemotherapy, she is a terminal patient after all.

Most of the cemeteries are located in the wilderness. If you call an ambulance at this time, the day lilies will be cold by the time the doctor arrives.Therefore, Liao Yuanqing couldn't care about anything else, he hurriedly carried the unconscious Zhao Minli into his car parked not far away, and then drove to the nearest and most familiar hospital.

Seeing that the patient had a medical record and card in the hospital, the nurse immediately contacted Zhao Minli's attending doctor who was on vacation.That doctor is a conscientious person, he gave up everything at hand and rushed over as soon as he received the call, but even if everyone handled everything dutifully, Zhao Minli's situation was not optimistic.

The attending doctor asked Liao Yuanqing with a serious expression: "Are you her boyfriend?"

"Not anymore." Liao Yuanqing replied truthfully, "But if someone needs to sign, I am willing to take responsibility."

Without even looking at Liao Yuanqing, the doctor wrote something in the notebook and said: "It's not your turn, contact her relatives immediately, if it doesn't work, go to the Miss Cheng who was with the patient before, some things must be done. They have to be there."

Lips trembled, Liao Yuanqing knew it was bad but he didn't dare to ask, so he called Zhao Minli's younger brother Zhao Guangzong and Cheng Cheng one by one.

The first person to rush over was Zhao Guangzong who happened to be in the city today to do business. Although he was cowardly and incompetent, now Zhao Minli was the only relative he could rely on, so he had a little more courage because of this. Liao Yuanqing reprimanded: "You are such an inhuman guy! You even bully a terminally ill patient like my sister!"

He didn't like Zhao Minli's half-brother, and Liao Yuanqing happened to be in the most urgent moment, so he couldn't help but swear at each other: "Don't you have a place to talk here, get out!"

But any man with self-respect can't stand being reprimanded like this. Even Zhao Guangzong was aroused a bit, he rushed forward and grabbed Liao Yuanqing's collar and shook it: "How can you talk like that! My sister It's still uncertain!"

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