not a decent stand-in

Outside the window, the snow that fell two days ago has not yet melted, and it is covered in silver.

Lin Shanshan wiped the tears off her face and asked, "Who is my biological father? Why did someone like me come into this world?"

"Shanshan, you can't think like that, it's not your fault..." Xiang Yindong held Lin Shanshan's hand and told her the truth.

He always firmly believed that Lin Shanshan was still the smart little girl who liked to follow behind him when she was a child.

Only by letting her face the reality can she slowly come out and gain real happiness from then on.

In fact, as he expected, after knowing the truth, Lin Shanshan calmed down and said slowly: "I think I may need some time... But, big cousin, don't worry, I will get better, my mother I still need to take care of you in the future..."

Xiang Yindong nodded appreciatively: "This is the sister I love the most!"

Comforting Lin Shanshan, Xiang Yindong walked out of the ward.

Qi Zhongming was sitting on the bench by the door, when he saw him, he stood up and asked eagerly, "How is Shanshan?"

Xiang Yindong looked at his tightly wrapped arm and asked: "Is your injury okay?"

Qi Zhongming nodded: "It's nothing serious...how is Auntie?"

"It's okay, I just haven't woken up yet, my uncle is accompanying her..."

Seeing his tired face, Xiang Yindong's eyes were full of remorse, and his eyes were a little complicated, "Take good care of your wounds, the police haven't caught Lin Jincheng yet, if you have any clues, I hope you can cooperate with the police as much as possible!"

Qi Zhongming nodded, glanced at Lin Shanshan's ward, and hesitated to speak.

Xiang Yindong knew what he was thinking, and said earnestly: "You'd better not appear in front of her now, and she probably doesn't want to see you either!"

Qi Zhongming's face darkened, and he muttered to himself: "I know...I'm sorry for Shanshan, she has always trusted me so much..."

"But Shanshan was saved this time, thanks to you..."

Xiang Yindong reached out and patted his shoulder, "If you really love her, just give her some time, I believe she will figure it out!"

"Mr. Xiang, I will definitely tell the police everything I know and take all the responsibilities. I hope you can forgive me..."

"It doesn't matter if I don't forgive you. The most important thing is that Shanshan can forgive you. You know, once trust is broken, it takes a lot of effort to repair it..."

Xiang Yindong sighed, he seemed to be talking about Qi Zhongming, but he was thinking of himself.

After bidding farewell to Qi Zhongming, Xiang Yindong received a call from Alex when he came out of the ward. Cao Weidong had confessed that Lin Jincheng cooperated with him to manipulate the stock price and hostilely bought Zhenghai.

At the same time, they are also facing multiple charges of money laundering and false transactions.

Deputy Mayor Qi, who has always maintained a close relationship with Cao Weidong, has been handed over to the public security organ for arrest.

The police are looking for Lin Jincheng on charges of kidnapping, hostage-taking, and carrying heavy weapons.

Xiang Yindong nodded, asked Alex to continue to follow up, and then hung up the phone.

As he walked towards the parking lot, he called Zuo Tong again.

Originally, when he came out of the hospital in the morning, he planned to go directly to Zuo Tong, but he didn't expect that such a big incident happened to the Lin family, so he had to rush over to deal with it first.

Now that the matter has finally come to an end, Zhenghai's crisis has been resolved, he no longer needs to be controlled by others, he just wishes to appear in front of Zuo Tong immediately and share his joy with him.

When the phone rang, Zuo Tong had just walked into the departure hall of the airport and put his luggage on the luggage cart.

He already knew everything that happened in the news, but he didn't expect the situation to change so much overnight, and he couldn't help but admire Xiang Yindong's ability in his heart.

It's a pity that these ingenuity can't solve the problems that the two of them are facing now.

Maybe time and distance will make them face each other in a different mood.

He hesitated for a moment, but still picked up the phone.

"Xiao Tong..." As soon as the call was connected, Xiang Yindong realized something was wrong, and the noisy background voice made him feel cold, "Where are you now?"

"Are you better?" Zuo Tong's voice didn't sound wrong, it seemed that there was some concern.

"It's much better, there are too many things today, so I..." Xiang Yindong's heart relaxed a little, after all, Zuo Tong's first sentence was still concerned about his body.

"I've heard about Lin Jincheng, how are Auntie and Shanshan?" Zuo Tong interrupted him.

"It's nothing serious, it's just a psychological blow. I'm afraid it will take time to adjust slowly before recovering."

"That's good, your illness is just right, don't worry too much..."

"Xiaotong..." Xiang Yindong asked eagerly, "Where are you, I want to see you!"

"I..." Zuo Tong hesitated for a moment, and when he looked up, he found a tall and familiar figure standing beside him.

Shao Lin, who was wearing a long coat, had just entered the airport hall at this moment, and was taken aback when he saw him. He took off his leather gloves and waved at him.

"It seems very noisy over there, where is it?"

"Yindong, wait a moment..."

Zuo Tong covered the phone and said to Shao Lin, "What a coincidence?"

"I just said, we are really destined, you should believe it this time, right?"

"I can't believe it more..." Zuo Tong shook his head helplessly, pointed to the phone in his hand, and walked aside to answer it.

"Yindong, I still have something to do, I won't tell you now, take good care of my family..."

"Zuo Tong!" Xiang Yindong's voice suddenly rose, and his tone was a bit bad, "Why did I hear Shao Lin's voice... You, you are at the airport, where are you going?"

"Traveling far away..."

"Xiaotong, I've already apologized to you. I will return those shares to the Su family tomorrow. Even if you want to deal with Su Yuliang, I will help you, you..."

"Xiang Yindong, do you still think that the problem between us lies here?"

Zuo Tong sighed, the reason why he wanted to leave was not because of the affairs of Xiang Yindong and the Su family, he just discovered that the long-term persistence made him unable to see himself clearly.

He was too afraid of losing the relationship he had waited so hard for. He was so afraid that he would do things that made him feel like he didn't know himself.

And all of this stems from the deep fear in his heart.

He watched his mother become neither human nor ghost after losing his father, and that profound view of emotion was actually passed on to him.

In the past, he didn't dare to confess his love to Xiang Yindong, not so much because he was afraid of being rejected by him, but because he was afraid that one day he would face loss.

He was afraid that one day, when he really lost the other party, he would become a lunatic just like his mother.

So he has to leave now, let himself learn to let go, so that he can face his feelings more clearly.

"Give me some time, I want to think about our relationship, that's it, hang up!" Zuo Tong knew that the conversation continued, but there was no result, so he sighed deeply and hung up the phone.

"What, are you fighting again?"

Shao Lin pushed the luggage cart, walked to his side, and said with a smile, "Why do I feel that I didn't get the good card, but I got a 'God Assist' award?"

"That makes sense!" Zuo Tong nodded without further explanation. He and Shao Lin are now friends and will no longer treat him like a trash can. "Where are you going?"

"France, what about you?" Shao Lin was also a gentleman, so he didn't ask much.

Zuo Tong raised his eyebrows, and his eyes were quite inquiring: "Mr. Shao, I really doubt whether you are looking for someone to follow me. Isn't this a coincidence?"

Shao Lin shrugged, with an innocent face: "That's why I said, we are destined!"

The two sat together in the VIP lounge for a while, talking about what happened to the Xiang family, Shao Lin was also very sad.

"Why didn't you accompany him? Isn't it your style?"

Zuo Tong laughed self-deprecatingly: "Do you also think that I seem to have become a vassal of this relationship, and if the love is deep, I will not live long. I can't enjoy torturing myself for the rest of my life, can I?"

"I'm glad you finally figured it out!"

"Maybe, but I can't admit it now. After all, I have been waiting for five years for this trip, so I can't let it be meaningless!"

Shao Lin laughed loudly, "Boss Zuo is really smart..."

At four o'clock in the afternoon, half an hour before the departure time, the boarding gate just opened, Zuo Tong got up to get his luggage, and the phone rang again.

He thought it was Xiang Yindong calling again, and frowned slightly, but found that it was Alex's call.

"Alex?" Zuo Tong's heart skipped a beat, inexplicably having a bad premonition, "What's wrong?"

"Calvin, are you still at the airport?"

"Yes, just about to board the plane?"

"Boarding? Didn't you meet senior brother?"

"Yindong? Has he come to the airport?" Zuo Tong stopped in his tracks.

"An hour ago, he drove to the airport to find you..." Alex's voice suddenly became hoarse, "Just now a policeman called and said that Lin Jincheng had hijacked a car in front of the hospital. I told the police, and now they are on their way to hunt him down, I... I'm afraid it's Senior Brother..."

"What?" Zuo Tong's blood poured back into his head, and a voice kept saying, impossible...impossible...

But he still forced himself to calm down, listened carefully to Alex's description, and thought about the possibility of this matter.

Seeing his pale face, Shao Lin asked, "What's wrong with you? Did something happen?"

Zuo Tong put down the phone in a desperate manner: "Yindong, you may have been kidnapped by..."

"What?" Shao Lin's face darkened, "Did you call the police?"

"The police have already gone after him. It should be Lin Jincheng. He hijacked Yindong's car."

"need my help?"

Shao Lin frowned. Just as he was about to call his friend in the police station, Zuo Tong seemed to wake up suddenly, and ran out of the terminal with his luggage.

Looking at his back in a panic, Shao Lin shook his head involuntarily.

It seems that the fate of two days and two ends, compared with the entanglement of more than two decades, really has no chance of winning...