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When Shen Xing was wandering away, Zhang Xia had already ended her story—the ending was nothing less than that under Chen Zhong's guidance, Wu Sheng was successfully found and sent to the hospital.And around 11 o'clock that night, Wu Sheng's mother rushed to the hospital, paid Chen Zhong heavily and agreed to keep this secret.

At this moment, Zhang Xia was going upstairs to pick up Chen Zhong's photo at the request of An Huawen, and there were only four guests left in the living room.Although Shen Xingze remembered a lot of things, it is not appropriate to start the narrative at this time and place, he simply reassured others not to worry, and he will talk about it in detail when he returns to the car later.

Zhang Xia quickly brought over a bunch of photos and showed them Chen Zhong's appearance when he was young—it was the same as the dragon boat photo in the restaurant. From certain angles, it was indeed five times the same as Lu Li back then. very similar.But as they grow older, the appearance of the two is "gradually drifting apart".Until now, Chen Zhong, who is close to the age of knowing his fate, is nothing more than a potbellied township businessman.

Of course, at this moment, no one is obsessed with this matter.

Shen Xingze had already expressed his attitude just now, and now An Huawen exchanged a few casual greetings before leading the crowd to leave.Zhang Xia sent them to the door and didn't take the initiative to mention anything about the remuneration, but An Huawen still asked her for a phone number so that they can be contacted in the future.

But the dog was busy, so he asked Zhang Xia a word before parting.

"Sister, where is the forest where Wu Sheng was trapped?"

Perhaps Zhang Xia was amused by his sweet mouth: "Where is there any forest? It has already bloomed into flower fields and terraced fields. Isn't this right under your feet?"

Everyone was slightly taken aback by this time, and had to lament that in the past 27 years, there have been vicissitudes of change.

Before the setting sun disappeared on the western hill, the vehicle started and went down the mountain along the original road to return to the small town.On the way, Shen Xingze briefly described the things he remembered. After listening for a while, the other three were silent.

"I've had some doubts from the beginning."

An Huawen broke the silence: "Why did my aunt keep Chen Zhong a secret about this matter?"

Shen Xingze hadn't spoken yet, but Goudan hurriedly raised his hand to express his opinion.

"I don't think it's my aunt who wants to keep it secret. Where did she get so much money to keep quiet? My uncle and your uncle must have paid the money. Maybe this matter was directed at my uncle in the first place!"

These words inspired Lu Li, he looked at Shen Xingze, and said what he was not sure about.

"I remember you mentioned that your father's ex-wife once admitted that she had divorced your father before you were born. Could it be because of this that she had to compromise? "

"You mean, she planned the kidnapping?"

Shen Xingze was thoughtful: "That's why my mother rushed me to the United States because she was worried that I would encounter similar incidents..."

"There is a sentence that seems not very good, but I can't hold back and must say it."

Relying on being the youngest, Goudan has no taboos in speaking: "If I were the ones who kidnapped brother Xing Ze, why bother with that old nose and send him unconscious to the snow? Directly in the car Isn’t it the same if you strangle it and throw it down?”

"How can this be the same?"

An Huawen was the first to disagree with his statement: "If something happens, find a better lawyer. If you freeze to death, you can defend it as manslaughter, but if you strangle it, it means intentional homicide. Leave yourself a way out. Always right."

"But the back road is too wide, right? I suspect that even if Chen Zhong doesn't follow, the old lady will call the police, and the people from the police station will be able to find brother Xing Ze after searching everywhere."

"There is no certainty about this matter. Maybe it was very cold that day. If it is buried in snow, it will be even more difficult to find, isn't it?"

"Then shouldn't you take off brother Xing Ze's clothes first, or simply pour cold water on him, so that he will die faster?"

"...I said, why are you more ruthless than the kidnapper? Is he really your own brother?"

"You are my dear brother! Watch your way!"

The two brothers in the front row kept arguing about the details of the incident.Soon, Lu Li who was sitting in the back row also joined the discussion.

"Chen Zhong also has a problem. He said that he followed the car all the time, and said that he hardly encountered other vehicles along the way. Did the kidnappers never notice his existence? Also, after the kidnapper knocked down the old woman, he should immediately It’s right to go to school to pick up Xing Ze, and Chen Zhong can still meet him when he goes to school after seeing off the old man—is there anything strange about this?”

When he said this, An Huawen and Goudan felt that the incident was not that simple.And Shen Xingze, who had been keeping silent all this time, suddenly said something that made them think carefully.

"How long did it take us from Shanghai to town yesterday?"

"Ok?"

Lu Li didn't understand what he meant, but he calculated it anyway: "Without security checks or anything else, the flight takes an hour, and the drive here takes three hours. A conservative estimate is that five hours should still be needed."

"But Zhang Xia just said that my mother rushed to the town at eleven o'clock on the night of the accident, and she was living in Shanghai at that time."

"...It's possible that she's already on her way to visit you!" Goudan tried to explain.

"If they knew she was coming, would those men in black rush to do it at such a time?" An Huawen questioned.

Shen Xingxuan didn't speak any more, and pushed the frowning brows with his fingers, once and for all.

Seeing that the three brothers were all confused to varying degrees, only Lu Li made a conclusion: "It seems that what happened back then was far more complicated than we thought."

"Do you need to investigate further?" An Huawen looked at Shen Xingze through the rearview mirror, "A private detective in the studio's business dealings is very tight-lipped, if necessary——"

"forget it."

Shen Xing chose to shake his head: "No matter what the truth of the incident is, the older generation has reached a balance in their own way. 27 years have passed, and now my mother doesn't mention it, even my father is 75 years old. Now that the tree has Quiet, why does the wind have to blow again."

After he said that, An Huawen and Lu Li naturally nodded and respected his decision.

"But I still want to know the answer!"

Only Goudan was still scratching his head: "Don't you think this is a real Rashomon? This matter makes sense from anyone's point of view, and anyone may be behind the scenes!"

Lu Li couldn't help yelling at him: "Rashomon doesn't have an answer either? Why didn't it suffocate you to death?"

"That's different. How do you say that? Reality is always better than drama."

"Then my play is not very good-looking?"

Shen Xingze finally stopped being silent: "Have you bought the ticket? If you haven't bought it, don't pick and choose."

Goudan was bullied again, barking for a while.The atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became lively.

An Huawen nodded solemnly: "I'm going to tease people again, so it should be fine."

"Yes." Lu Li looked at him through the rearview mirror and smiled, "It will get better and better in the future."

In a blink of an eye, the vehicle had already arrived at the entrance of the town.The gurgling brook gave off a little golden light under the setting sun, and accompanied them all the way back to the entrance of the town.

"When I was young, this was the only way to get in and out of this town."

Shen Xingxuan pointed to the stone bridge at the entrance of the town and the lush tree.

"At least one day a week, I will also come to this stone bridge. Stand on it and look at the direction of the car. Sometimes, I can wait for the person I want to wait, but more often I still wait not."

Lu Li followed his gaze and saw that the flat stone bridge was obviously very old, and the pier was covered with green moss.The old tree next to it may be about the same age as the stone bridge, and its huge canopy stretches in all directions, opening up a huge umbrella for the children chasing and playing in twos and threes under the tree.

Perhaps once, it silently propped up a piece of sky for Shen Xingxuan.

Lu Li was sighing, when suddenly a picture popped out of his mind abruptly.For a few seconds, he seemed to be frightened by his own thoughts, but he soon came back to his senses, took out his phone and quickly searched for something in the photo album.

Soon, his movements stopped abruptly, he just stared at the screen of the phone and took the initiative to put the phone in Shen Xingze's hand.

"look!"

Because of his excitement, Lu Li's voice even changed a bit, "Does it look like this place?!"

It was only then that Shen Xingze saw that the photo on the phone was an oil painting: a man and a woman with a boy, sitting on a stone bridge in the countryside, with green trees above their heads and gurgling streams under their feet.

Yes, the scene in the painting seems to be highly overlapped with the scenery of the town.Shen Xingze quickly recalled more information about this painting - it was the work of Lu Li's father, and it was sold for a high price at the relic auction at the end of last year.The child in the painting is exactly Lu Li, which means...

"Have you been here before?"

"I don't remember either." Lu Li smiled wryly, "But I often went out on trips when I was a child. My dad always brought painting materials. Since there are so many painters here, it is possible to really come here."

"Wow, that's really a great fate!"

Goudan, who was eavesdropping the whole time, started bluffing again, and even recited the disgusting movie lines.

"I would like to turn into a stone bridge and withstand 500 years of wind, 500 years of sun, and 500 years of rain, just for her to walk across the bridge!"

An Huawen didn't say anything, he simply turned around and parked the car on the side of the road.

"Take a picture together," he suggested.

So the four of them got out of the car, walked towards the stone bridge, and randomly found a child who looked mature and stable to help take pictures.

The moment the shutter was pressed, the two teenagers who had been lost in different times finally stood shoulder to shoulder.

"Maybe the person I've been waiting for has always been you."

When returning to the car after taking the photo, Shen Xingze suddenly whispered something to Lu Li while there was no one around.

Lu Li also turned his head to look at him, returning a bright and warm smile.

"Thank you, too, for waiting for me."

The afterglow of the setting sun in the evening seems to wrap them in a huge amber at the same time, magnifying this beautiful moment into eternity.

The author has something to say: The story of Shen Xingxuan will come to an end from here, and it will soon return to the line of acting~

As for the truth back then, what do you think it was like?

The oil painting was mentioned in the chapter on the auction~ You can look back.