Please don't touch me at the same table, thank you

Song Huai waited in the reception room for a while, and Qiao Lei was quickly pushed out by two policemen, with a pair of shiny silver handcuffs on his hands.

For the sake of her youngest son's future, Qiao Lei's biological mother had already confessed on the day Qiao Lei was arrested. In addition to the few poisonous lines she handled, she even provided an unedited 10-minute recording of the phone call with Qiao Lei. , added the last and strongest shackle to Qiao Lei.

After being detained for only one day, Qiao Lei has become extremely haggard. His eyes are black and blue, as if lying on two tea eggs, and his usual arrogance is no longer there. The last trace of human strength is gone.

There are witnesses and physical evidence. He must have been interrogated all night and has not had a good rest until now.

Song Huai knew that maybe Qiao Zhensheng would still miss his son and give him the last straw, but in his lifetime, Qiao Lei would no longer be able to compete with them, nor would he return to them again.

In order to prevent the suspect from hurting others, two policemen stood by. The suspect and Song Huai were separated by a bulletproof glass and could only communicate through a phone.

Song Huai sat still for a while, put the microphone close to his ear, and said, "Is there anything else you can do with me?"

Qiao Lei was silent for a moment, "He's not coming?"

Song Huai asked back, "Whether he will come, don't you know?"

"It was because I knew it in my heart that I knew he would come."

Qiao Lei said, "He is not the kind of person who is stingy in giving even when he says goodbye."

"He's not. But didn't you say goodbye two years ago?"

Qiao Lei froze for a moment.

"He gave you a chance, and even decided to let go of this past. His only wish is to stay away from you, from the past that he wished to erase."

Song Huai said softly, "It's because you didn't cherish it."

"Maybe your father didn't teach you to be a bad person..."

"There's a price to pay," he said.

"The price?" Qiao Lei sneered, "I'm not the only bad person in the world. Besides, is it bad for me to be like that? What about Qiao Zhensheng, a trash like him should be imprisoned for life, right?"

"But you can't."

"Even if he murders and sets fire, you can't sentence him to life imprisonment. The indefinite period will become 20 years, then ten years, and finally five years. There are too many operable links in the middle."

Qiao Lei tilted his head, even though he was so haggard, he still showed a victorious smile, "The so-called bad guys are just bad guys who can be sanctioned? Your definition is too narrow."

"The law will not spare the perpetrators, it is only a matter of time."

Song Huai did not accept his provocative methods. No matter what Qiao Zhensheng's result was, his son was already in prison. This would not change, and there was no need to argue with him.

"Do you have anything else to say? If not, I'm going to hang up."

"Why are you in a hurry? When old acquaintances meet, don't you want to chat more?"

Qiao Lei leaned lazily on the armchair behind him, and his gaze fell obliquely on Officer Zheng at the side through the glass, "Where is 10 minutes enough to talk? Can you allow a little more time?"

"If you're talking nonsense, one second is too much."

Song Huai said.

"How can it be nonsense?" Qiao Lei scratched his nails and raised his eyelids, "Did you go to the appointment on purpose yesterday afternoon? You knew everything a long time ago, so you deliberately set me up?"

"Did I say that? She has a son who wants to be admitted to the police academy in the future."

"Your mother knows that she has been taking drugs for many years. It is useless to quit drugs. Once she gets involved in this thing, she may relapse after quitting. Not only that, once she is arrested, it will become a part of her son's future resume. Even if he can really become a policeman, he might be excluded by his colleagues because of a drug-addicted mother, and his career will have no future..."

"I just found her and told her my uncle was the director of the Education Bureau, and she recruited."

Song Huai looked at him quietly, "I didn't say anything else except this."

Qiao Lei was silent for a while.

It seemed that because of the blow he had received yesterday, he seemed extraordinarily quiet and no longer irritable, as if he had accepted the reality peacefully.

"normal."

He said indifferently, "That woman...is cowardly, selfish, and stupid, and she will do anything if she just scares her."

Song Huai didn't point him out, "Really?"

"Where's that dead old man? My half-brother."

Qiao Lei held the receiver with a low voice, "How do you know?"

"Qiao Zhenyu is about to graduate from university, and he will be able to enter the company for an internship immediately. Qiao Zhensheng didn't want to hide it, just ask around and find out."

Maybe because he had a premonition that this was the last time they would see each other, Song Huai was surprisingly easy-going and told the truth, "The whole of Hong Kong doesn't know that he has an illegitimate child, maybe you are the only one."

Qiao Lei couldn't help clenching his fists, "Why...why did he hide it from me?"

"Who knows." Maybe Qiao Zhensheng still has the last hope for this child, maybe he still has a little kindness as a father, and doesn't want Qiao Lei to face such a cruel reality, or...

Who would specifically tell a domesticated kitten about the division of their future inheritance?

"It's my skills that are inferior to others. Forget it, I have one last thing."

Qiao Lei said, "I want to make a phone call with Meng Xi."

Song Huai refused without thinking, "Impossible."

"Okay then." Qiao Lei was not irritable, and said the best thing to do, "Then you call him and put it on, and I'll just listen to his voice."

Song Huai looked at him steadily.

"I promise not to speak."

Qiao Lei pressed the microphone with one hand, and slowly raised the other hand, "I swear, if I speak, I will never see him again in this life."

"...you were never going to see him again."

Having said that, Song Huai still took out his mobile phone.

Because of his acquaintance with Officer Zheng, he didn't search for his belongings when he came in. Right now, there are police and surveillance all around, and Qiao Lei can't do anything extreme, so everyone turned a blind eye to such a small request. Only eyes.

Song Huai dialed out the phone, and it was connected within three seconds. He turned on the loudspeaker and put the microphone next to him, and soon Meng Xi's voice with a smile came from his ear.

"Coming back so soon?"

Song Huai's frowning brows loosened. He glanced at Qiao Lei and said softly, "No, I'm still in the office. There are some procedures to go through."

"Then why are you free to call me? Miss me?"

Police officer Zheng had his hands folded on his chest, staring at Qiao Lei behind the window, waiting for him, but he was taken aback when he heard this murmur that sounded like he was coquettish with his lover.

People around were watching, Song Huai only hummed briefly.

Meng Xi has long been used to his boring personality, so he opened up the chatterbox and chatted, "You should finish your work early and go back to catch up on sleep. I was tired all day yesterday and didn't sleep well at night. When you sleep well, we will go tonight together." Eat? My mother called the class teacher, and I have to stay at home for the next week."

What he was thinking was that if Song Huai went to school, the two of them would not see each other for at least a week or two, and they had just quarreled yesterday, so let's finish seeing each other for the next seven days while it's hot.

Song Huai paused, "Tonight... I don't know if I'm free."

"It's okay, it doesn't matter if you don't have time." Meng Xi knew that he was very tired, so he didn't force him, and said sensiblely, "Then call me when you want to sleep or wake up later, and I'll go and see you, and I'll give you an answer by the way." Buy some snacks and leave after watching."

Song Huai hummed again, and the two chatted casually for a few more words, worried that Uncle Zheng was still there, and he and Song Zhishen had been friends for many years... After not saying a few words, he found an excuse and hung up.

"Is that all right?"

he asks.

Qiao Lei stared blankly at Song Huai. After hanging up the phone, he still pressed the receiver tightly to his ear, "...that's fine."

"Then I'll hang up."

Song Huai was about to let go, when suddenly a whisper came from the receiver.

"How long do you think his love will last?"

Qiao Lei said so.

"I used to be his best friend. On rainy days, he would walk with me and hold an umbrella for me. He didn't care if his hair was soaked by the rain. If a player fouled and hit someone while playing basketball, he would rather break his bone And I don’t want to let the other party touch me.”

Qiao Lei said slowly, "I ate and slept with him, we slept together, we were closer than lovers, but he still fell in love with you?"

"Do you think," he said slowly, taking a deep breath, "how long do you think his liking for you can last?"

"No matter how close you are, hasn't he never liked you?"

Song Huai stood up slowly, looked down at Qiao Lei, "Don't forget..."

"I was his first love."

click.

Song Huai hung up the phone.