shadow ambush

Aunt Zhang went back to bed and fell asleep. Meng Xi sat beside the hospital bed, holding Aunt Zhang's slightly cool palm with both hands, and remained silent.

He was avoiding, avoiding the story of these three years, avoiding the fact that he needed to lie.At the same time, he didn't want to give Cha Yan a chance to expose his lies.To this day, Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang still think that he has completed three years of studies in the police academy.

"Meng Xi." Cha Yan appeared outside the door.

"What's the matter?" Meng Xi walked out, closed the door and lowered her voice. Uncle Zhang left them for dinner and was working in the kitchen downstairs.

"Uncle Zhang said that your father is still in Laoyeling." Cha Yan looked over Meng Xi's shoulder and looked at the closed door, "If you wish, I can take the two elders out together and spend their old age in the nursing home."

Meng Xi glanced at him indifferently, knowing the meaning of Cha Yan's words in his heart, the four most important family members in his life were in the hands of Cha Yan, so naturally he would not betray Cha Yan again.

"There is a very good nursing home in Shenyang. After Aunt Zhang has finished her operation, they will move there together. It will be convenient for you to visit in the future." Cha Yan said with a slight smile.

Meng Xi closed his eyes and stood quietly. Cha Yan's words naturally had his conditions. From the moment he agreed, there was no way out.

"Okay, I promise you."

"After we go back, there will be a transaction. You will help me watch over Bai Jingran until the transaction is over."

"it is good."

"When you look back in the future, you will know how correct your choice was today. Do you still remember the book in my hand when we met that day?"

Meng Xi naturally remembered, "The Count of Monte Cristo." At that time, he hadn't understood Cha Yan's identity, and he hadn't made it to where he is today.

"There is a sentence in it that I agree with very much. Only money in this world can enable people to obtain all these things. Money is the most effective and greatest power to govern human beings." Cha Yan looked at the door with a gap behind Meng Xi and smiled. Said: "When you were rejected by the school because of money, you should understand this truth."

Meng Xi's face paled instantly, staring at Cha Yan angrily, then quickly turned to look in the direction of the door.Seeing that there was nothing unusual at the door, Meng Xi breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward and looked down at Zhanyan, "It will take at least a minute for your bodyguards to rush in, and I can kill you and Xuanran directly in this 1 minute! "

Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang are his Ni Lin, and he will never allow Cha Yan to threaten him!

Cha Yan stared at Meng Xi with a sneer, then turned and went downstairs.Immediately afterwards, Meng Xi heard the sound of door hinges coming from the direction of the door downstairs.

After leaving, Chayan took Xuanran and left his home.Meng Xi staggered a small step back, letting a tear fall from the corner of his eye, and leaned weakly against the railing.

How could he not hear the sound of Aunt Zhang pushing the door open, but he couldn't hear it, he wanted Cha Yan to expose his lies in public, so as to gain trust.

Just as Yang Xiaoyu said in the analysis meeting to Chayan before leaving, when you want to cheat the trust of a person who is used to doubting and controlling, the best way is to let him manipulate you.The more powerless you struggle, the more his desire to control will be satisfied, the more he believes in himself, and can play you in his hands.

The martial arts hall returned to silence, only the sound of Uncle Zhang cooking in the kitchen downstairs.Meng Xi turned back to Aunt Zhang's bedroom, quietly guarding in front of the bed.He knew that Aunt Zhang hadn't fallen asleep, but he didn't have the courage to break the silence, so he let the moment of confrontation come later.

"Xiaoxi, it's time to go downstairs for dinner!" Uncle Zhang shouted at the top of his voice downstairs.

Meng Xi took a deep breath and gently shook Aunt Zhang's shoulder, "Aunt Zhang, let's go down to eat."

Aunt Zhang opened her eyes and stared fixedly at Meng Xi, her eyes filled with complicated meanings.So he knelt down in front of her to put on her shoes and helped her go downstairs.

"Hurry up and eat the vegetables, I made chicken stewed mushrooms specially for you today." Uncle Zhang excitedly added vegetables to Meng Xi's bowl, "Why don't your two colleagues stay for dinner, why don't you try your Uncle Zhang's cooking skills ,What a pity."

Meng Xi didn't dare to raise her head to meet Aunt Zhang's eyes, so she had to take the chicken nuggets and chew them tastelessly.

"Xiaoxi." Aunt Zhang sighed and dropped her chopsticks, "Can you tell Aunt Zhang the truth?"

The atmosphere was tense for a moment, and Uncle Zhang looked at the old woman without knowing it, "What's the matter? Xiaoxi just came back to eat a meal, what are you doing?"

For the first time, Aunt Zhang ignored Uncle Zhang's obstruction, and looked straight at Meng Xi, her face was pale and bloodless, "Xiao Xi, tell me, did you study in the police academy?"

"How could it be? Xiaoxi didn't talk to his intern colleague today..." Uncle Zhang muffled his self-explanatory words, because he saw Meng Xi bowed his head without any explanation.

"What's the situation? Xiaoxi, please explain clearly." Uncle Zhang began to panic and pulled Meng Xi for an answer.

Meng Xi pushed aside the stool and stood up, facing Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang, fell to his knees with a plop, "Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang... I'm sorry."

Uncle Zhang didn't want to believe his eyes, he stepped forward and pulled Meng Xi's collar, "Xiaoxi, what are you doing? You...you really didn't study?"

With a dull pain in her heart, Aunt Zhang closed her eyes regretfully, and pointed at Meng Xi with trembling fingers, "Tell me! Cough cough..."

Seeing Aunt Zhang clutching her chest and knocking violently, Meng Xi moved forward a few steps to ease Aunt Zhang's emotions, but was slapped away by Aunt Zhang.

"You tell me clearly..." Aunt Zhang looked at Meng Xi sadly. When she heard the conversation between Cha Yan and Meng Xi earlier, she couldn't believe that Meng Xi would deceive them, and he would cheat them all. three years.

Meng Xi gritted his teeth and knelt on the spot. The cold air in the concrete ground spread along his knees to Meng Xi's spine. The sequelae of the fine needle torture last night made his body weak and weak. Kneeling on the cold ground, the cold air was like needles. It pierced his brain like a stab, and the severe pain made him tremble all over.

"I... three years ago, because of my bravery, my certificate was invalidated, and the other party said that I was cheating. After the school assessment, my scholarship was cancelled."

"Then why didn't you tell me!" Uncle Zhang regretted, beating his chest and stamping his feet. "Without the scholarship, you can still go to the police academy! What have you been doing for the past three years?"

Meng Xi lowered his head and said without confidence: "Delivery..."

"Snapped……"

A loud slap hit Meng Xi's head sideways, and the corner of his mouth was slapped unconsciously. Meng Xi closed his eyes tightly, knowing that this was a test he had to pass.The reason why his identity was not too much doubted by Cha Yan was because all the backgrounds were true, not half false.

This is the last hurdle for him to gain Cha Yan's trust, and it is also the most difficult hurdle for him.

"No wonder... no wonder you haven't been home for three years, no wonder why every time I call you, you say it's a heavy task, and you hang up in a hurry." Uncle Zhang was tear-stained, looking at Meng Xi with hatred, "We have worked so hard for you to come out. We want you to be a policeman and serve the country. We don't want you to be a delivery man!"

"You lied to us for three years...for three years...Xiao Xi, we are sorry for you, is this how you repay us?" Aunt Zhang clutched her painful chest, unwilling to believe that Meng Xi in front of her was three years ago. The child they are most proud of.

"I'm sorry..." Unable to explain, Meng Xi could only kneel down and apologize in a weak voice. Regarding the burden on his body, he could not and would not share it with the two old people. This is a road that is destined to end in death. I am not fully prepared yet, let alone the two old people can support and understand.

Cha Yan was staring at him somewhere outside the door, and his behavior couldn't be more wrong.Otherwise, it would be a small matter if he failed in his efforts. Once an accident happened, he would really regret it.

"What did those two people do before? Why were you with them?" Uncle Zhang came back to his senses and asked.

Meng Xihang clenched his fists tightly by his side, and said vaguely: "They are...friends I know."

"What friend, huh? At this point, do you still want an excuse to lie to your Uncle Zhang?"

Meng Xi took a deep breath, and said softly, "They are friends in society, and I will work for them now..."

"What job?" Uncle Zhang pushed Meng Xi's chest with his palm angrily. He was deeply impressed by Xuan Ran and Cha Yan's temperament before, and Meng Xi's whole body was only good at physical skills.Thinking of this, Uncle Zhang turned pale instantly, as if he had thought of something and dared not think about it any further.

"Tell me, are you in the underworld?"

When Aunt Zhang heard the word "underworld", her eyes darkened and she was about to fall backwards.

Meng Xi hurriedly stepped forward to support her, preventing Aunt Zhang from knocking her forehead on the table.Uncle Zhang swung Meng Xi's arm away, hugged Aunt Zhang in his arms, and pointed at Meng Xi so angry that he couldn't speak.

"You go and sever the relationship with me, and you are not allowed to communicate with them again!"

Meng Xi shook his head weakly, "Aunt Zhang is sick and needs money for medical treatment."

Uncle Zhang trembled all over, his gray beard trembling up and down, "I won't ask for your dirty money. Even if the old man goes to the street to beg, he won't ask for your penny!" Patting Aunt Zhang on the back , Uncle Zhang closed his eyes, "Let's go... Just treat me as the Zhang family, I never raised you as a child..." In an instant, Uncle Zhang seemed to be ten years older, and his hunched back could no longer straighten up. , no one can see that this is the former martial arts curator.

Aunt Zhang woke up slowly, and she heard the previous conversation clearly in her ears when she was in a coma. She said weakly: "Xiaoxi... I can't touch you, and I don't want to scold you. Since you chose this path, you can talk to me." The Zhang family has nothing to do with it."

"You go..."

Aunt Zhang turned her head away and stopped looking at Meng Xi, tears of sadness rolled down her cheeks.

Meng Xi's palm had already been scratched by his fingernails, he suppressed the pain in his heart, and kowtowed heavily to Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang three times.Immediately got up and left, leaving the place he once called home.

Cha Yan's car was parked outside the door, leaning against the door, Cha Yan didn't seem surprised by Meng Xi's departure, but just glanced at him indifferently.

Standing on the opposite side of the road, Meng Xi silently looked back at the location where the signboard of the martial arts hall had been removed, and sighed sadly in his heart.