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"Someone provided evidence anonymously, saying that your father sold drugs more than once," Director Zhang paused, "and also involved his previous crimes, and the judiciary will severely punish him."

"Who provided the evidence?" Lin Anlan turned pale.Lin Anqiao next to him knew the cause and effect of the incident, but he didn't say anything.

"This person doesn't want to disclose his identity, and we don't know, but the evidence is conclusive." Director Zhang's brows were congealed, as if the sky and the earth were covered with dark clouds.

"Then it will be sentenced to several years—" Lin Anlan cried again, unable to control herself.

Director Zhang sneered: "How many years? The lightest is life imprisonment, and the most severe is death penalty."

"Ah..." Lin Anlan felt his eyes go dark, and his whole body went limp.

However, Lin Anqiao remained motionless.She felt like she was numb.

Seeing Lin Anlan's appearance, Director Zhang seemed to soften his heart a little, and said in a soft tone: "Anlan, if you are guilty, you will be tried. This is a fair society. You are not young, and you are capable. You can live without your father." You can continue. An Qiao, you too."

Lin Anqiao nodded and looked at her sister worriedly.

"Director Zhang, can I ask you something? You are the chief, can you commute your sentence? We can pay for whatever it costs." Lin Anlan looked at Director Zhang pitifully.

Hearing this sentence, Director Zhang's face became severe again: "I am the director, and I have power, but I can't violate my conscience and violate the principles. The country asked me to be an official, can I betray the country? If your father If such people are not severely punished, is this society still ruled by law? If money can solve all problems, can this society not be corrupt? Listen to the girl, all the crimes are caused by your father himself, and there is nothing we can do. Give the society justice. Do you know how many young people have been harmed by D-14, and how many families have been ruined? Shouldn’t there be justice for their grievances?”

Director Zhang became more and more excited as he spoke. He was so excited that his face flushed and he coughed several times.

Hearing these words, Lin Anlan stopped talking.

But Lin Anqiao remained expressionless and did not express anything.These principles and conscience were established by her long ago, and no one needs to explain them.What's more, from the very beginning, she never expected her father to escape death.

"I hope you can understand. I'll pay for this meal, so I'll take my leave first." Director Zhang still frowned, and hurriedly put on his suit jacket.

Just like when he came, Director Zhang walked upright and disappeared outside the door with his head held high.Only Lin Anlan was left sitting there blankly, crying unceasingly.

Lin Anlan's eyes were as red as a rabbit's, and her make-up was too smudged to look at.Her shoulders trembled and her hair was disheveled.

"Sister, eat more if you're not full." Lin Anqiao hurriedly supported Lin Anlan.She was really afraid that her sister would lose consciousness and fall to the ground.

"Our dad is gone, our dad is going to die..." Lin Anlan just murmured, grinning helplessly at Lin Anqiao.

Lin Anqiao didn't speak.Most of the remaining seats on the table remained unmoved, still shining golden.It's just that people have dimmed.

After Lin Anlan calmed down a bit, the two went to visit Lin Wenlong in the detention room.Today is a cloudy day, the sky is full of light blue dark clouds, it seems that it will rain at any time.

While passing through the crowds of Dongsi, sharp-eyed Lin Anqiao spotted a person.That person was wearing a black hat and a black mask in the sultry, cloudy day, and it seemed strange that he was about to melt.

Like a spy.

It's just those big lips and nose that give him away.With the iconic thick lips and big beard, one can clearly see that he is Lin Wenhu.Lin Wenhu looked around, but it was obvious that he was paying attention to Lin Anqiao and Lin Anlan.

Lin Anqiao felt a shock in his heart, and a nameless fire rushed into his heart.Lin Wenhu was obviously following them!She hated her father, but that didn't mean he didn't hate her second uncle.An enemy of an enemy is not necessarily a friend.

Lin Anqiao stopped abruptly and grabbed Lin Anlan.The sudden stop of the two caused Lin Wenhu who was not far away to stagger, a little panicked.

Lin Anlan looked around in bewilderment.

"what happened?"

"Isn't that the second uncle?" Lin Anqiao said with a pale smile, pointing at Lin Wenhu's figure.

"Eh?..." Lin Anlan looked in the direction of Lin Anqiao's finger and shivered.

"Second Uncle!" Lin Anqiao still greeted Lin Wenhu loudly with a false smile.

Lin Wenhu originally took a step back to escape, but Lin Anqiao's call forced him to bite the bullet and move forward.

"What kind of sunglasses are you wearing on such a cloudy day?" Lin Anqiao blinked.

"It's sometimes cloudy and sometimes sunny in Beijing..." Lin Wenhu hurriedly took off his sunglasses and hat, and replied with some embarrassment.

Lin Anlan also felt that something was wrong, and quickly asked, "What are you doing in Beijing?"

"I'll take a look at Big Brother too." But when he said this, Lin Wenhu always seemed to lack confidence.

Lin Anlan and Lin Anqiao looked at each other and said, "We're going too, let's go together."

"I won't go, I just finished." Lin Wenhu waved his hand quickly, refusing.

"Okay, goodbye."

After watching Lin Wenhu leave in a hurry, Lin Anlan said to Lin Anqiao, "Second uncle is very strange."

"Ah."

"Do you think that my dad might be framed by my second uncle? He has always been jealous of our dad." Lin Anlan finally got the hang of it, and said through gritted teeth.

"Probably."

But Lin Anqiao never confessed what Lin Qiu said to him that day.What if it is confessed?Maybe sister Lin Qiu will be involved.The irritable and indiscriminate character flows in the blood of everyone around him, including his sister who loves him very much.

When he saw his father in the detention center, Lin Anqiao was startled even though he was prepared.Although Lin Wenlong used to be able to wear a famous brand and look like a street stall, but he is even more unbelievable in his prison uniform.

In less than three days, Lin Wenlong's eyes were red and swollen and bloodshot, his face was dark and his muscles were slack, like a person who has been imprisoned in a dark dungeon for many years.There were no gold chains or agate strings on his arms, just cold, drab handcuffs.

Lin Anlan, who was on the side, saw his father become like this, and started to cry without saying a word, crying so sadly.

Lin Anqiao felt that she should cry to show respect for herself, but she was horrified to find that at this moment no matter what, she couldn't squeeze a single tear.So, Lin Anqiao stood there dumbfounded, without saying a word.

Lin Wenlong, who was behind the iron fence, was a little surprised when he saw his children, but the disdain and arrogance hidden behind those eyes were still projected out after all.

"Have you contacted anyone?" This was the first sentence Lin Wenlong uttered.

Lin Anlan, who was sniffling, wiped her tears and replied: "I contacted...but failed..."

"What!" Lin Wenlong was shocked and almost roared.The policeman next to him made an impatient look.

"Father," Lin Anqiao said with an impulse, "Once you touch the highest judiciary in a big city, it's basically over. Most of the rapes are small cities in the second and third tiers." When he said this, Lin Anqiao felt that he Cold as a robot.

Lin Wenlong was very displeased when he saw Lin Anqiao's expression, but he had no choice but to smile indifferently.The flesh on his face also twitched.

"You're smart enough, kid." Lin Wenlong said eccentrically.

"This matter has nothing to do with me, and I told you not to go. There is nothing I can do if you jump into the pit by yourself." Lin Anqiao closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Lin Wenlong frowned and thought for a while.After thinking about it for a long time, he seemed to have figured it out, and smiled strangely: "I still blame myself, why didn't I realize that there was something strange about this before. That kid Wen Hu is also a black-hearted guy."

Lin Anqiao looked at his father dumbly, without saying a word.

"Blame me for not being careful." Lin Wenlong sighed.

Lin Anqiao stared at his father's face, anger, sadness and sympathy intertwined.The sky and the earth seem to start to burn, start to explode, and start to spin into a wooden horse.Today is probably the last time I saw my father, and it's not that I don't have a chance but I won't be able to meet again in the future.At this last moment, her mouth seemed not to be her own.

"After all, you still haven't figured it out. The root cause of today's catastrophe was buried more than ten years ago. It's nothing else to blame, but your dark heart. The last thing you should not violate in business is morality. What's more, in recent years, Lin Yuanhui is not short of money, and you have to find ways to make money. It is difficult for this greed to fail. With moral protection, even if you lose money, you will not have to worry about your life; Righteous wealth, holding the money is worried whether it will disappear tomorrow.

"Because of your own interests, you have also given others a lot of pain. You know why I can't shed tears when I look at you like this. We will not be father and son in the next life. Today is the end of our friendship. Thank you."

Lin Anqiao himself didn't know how he finished such a long paragraph.Lin Anlan beside him was stunned by the resolute tone and indifferent attitude of this sentence.

Lin Wenlong on the other side of the iron fence opened his mouth in disbelief when he heard Lin Anqiao, who had always swallowed his anger, say such a paragraph.After listening, Lin Wenlong seemed to be trying his best to think about the passage just now, and his whole face was shaking with anger or regret.

Lin Anqiao closed her eyes in pain, turned around before waiting for her father to reply, and strode out of the detention center with her bag on her back, leaving Lin Anlan behind in a daze.

After stepping out of the detention center, Lin Anqiao felt a little more awake when the sweltering summer wind hit his face.She felt dizzy all over.She felt that her life was like riding a roller coaster in these few days, with ups and downs, but finally fell down.She walked aimlessly along the sidewalk, walking quickly, for fear that someone would catch up behind her.She didn't want to go back to the detention center to see her father, nor did she want to wait for Lin Anlan.

When she said what she just said, her father was already dead in her heart.But maybe the father never existed in the first place.

She wanted to directly board the train back to Luoxi.

This is also very ironic - my two closest relatives are both in Beijing, but I still feel that Luoxi is my home.