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About an hour later, Xu Jiangtong finally backed down, half-closed his eyes and knelt on the sofa, his knees were flushed by the cloth, and his arms trembling slightly on the armrests.

Tao Xihong grabbed his crumbling body and took a deep breath: "Little lazy cat, I thought you were so active today? It turned out that I was still working."

"You're still young, so you should be more mobile than me." Xu Jiangtong was out of breath, and couldn't stop coughing when he spoke.

Seeing this, Tao Xihong pulled him to his side, unscrewed the mineral water on the coffee table, and handed it to his mouth.

Xu Jiangtong brushed his hair back behind his ears, and obediently bowed his head to take a few sips.

The mixed liquid was still hanging on his face, dripping intermittently from his eyelashes to the tip of his nose.Tao Xihong admired it proudly for a few minutes, then carried him horizontally to the bed, and took out a few tissues.

"Wait." Xu Jiangtong stopped his hand.

"Huh?" Tao Xihong was stunned for a moment, thinking that there was something uncomfortable about him, but unexpectedly Xu Jiangtong wiped his face and reached out to wipe Tao Xihong's face.

He straightened up hard, held Tao Xihong's shoulders, and whispered close to him: "This is called, return the property to its original owner."

"Mr. Xiaojiang, you are bullying me because of your illness." Tao Xihong moved his Adam's apple and pressed his throbbing forehead, "That's not how idioms are used. When you recover from your illness, I'll teach you some serious ones. "

"..." Xu Jiangtong realized that he seemed to have dug a hole for himself.

After resting for a while, the two went to take a shower again, and it was already one o'clock in the afternoon when everything was sorted out.Xu Jiang plunged headfirst into the bed, completely exhausted.Tao Xihong's mobile phone was also full of news from his teammates, calling him out for dinner.

Seeing that Xu Jiangtong was about to fall asleep, he hurried out to buy some boxes of desserts for Xu Jiangtong, and said "good afternoon" to him.

Although Xu Jiangtong was tired, he didn't sleep deeply, and he woke up naturally within an hour.He turned on the light and got out of bed, saw the note Tao Xihong had left for himself, and took out the cake for lunch.

A few red dots popped up on his phone. He opened it and found that the housekeeper had sent him a message saying that he had found the list of participants for the art exhibition held by Jiang Jizhe 20 years ago.

Xu Jiangtong immediately recovered from his nap, turned on the computer to receive the information, and called him at the same time.

"Master, it is indeed as you said, all guests need to register by ticket." The butler briefly introduced the situation, "And luckily, this company has maintained the original paper materials after the Internet became popular, so we Got the spreadsheet."

After waiting for dozens of seconds, the file was finally loaded.Xu Jiangtong glanced roughly, and there were more than 500 people registered in the form, about half of whom were female visitors.

The housekeeper continued to talk about the information he had learned: "20 years ago, the art exhibition was not popular, and most of the guests were from the circle. And I found out that the ticket price back then was [-] yuan, which is not a small amount for ordinary people. .”

So among these 200 people, who is most likely to have a relationship with Jiang Jizhe?

Xu Jiangtong took a sip of water, sorting out all the possibilities in his mind.

Jiang Jizhe committed suicide in April of the following year, and Tao Xihong was born five months later.In other words, she forcibly gave birth to Tao Xihong knowing that her biological father was dead and she was unable to raise him.

Xu Jiangtong felt that the relationship between them was not simply a whim, at least the woman had feelings for Jiang Jizhe.

This posthumous child is a memorial to her, so even if the future suffering is foreseen, she must give him life.

The image of that person gradually became vivid in Xu Jiangtong's mind.After a moment of contemplation, he said to the housekeeper, "Help me check the list of women with average economic conditions, or... who had family accidents around 04."

"I've already checked, and 80.00% of the people on the list are not well-known in the art world." Speaking of this, he paused, "But according to your screening criteria, there is indeed a woman who is very suitable."

"Her name is Guan Hongzhu, from Sanshi County, Tianhe County. She is currently teaching art at the Children's Palace in the county. Her father died of illness at the end of 04."

"Can you find out more details?" Xu Jiangtong flipped through the information repeatedly, feeling that something was still missing.

"Involving citizens' information security, everything that can be checked is here." The housekeeper wondered, "I'm afraid the rest can only be obtained in person."

Aren't you in Tianhe City right now?Xu Jiangtong opened the map and searched, and found that the Children's Palace was only [-] kilometers away from him.

The impending truth falls like a hot wax into the wick of a candle.Although he was not sure, Xu Jiangtong changed his clothes, brought the documents, and planned to meet her in person.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I got out of the elevator, I met the school team members celebrating their return in the lobby.Seeing him walking out in a hurry, Tao Xihong stopped him: "Where are you going?"

"I..." Xu Jiangtong moved his lips, feeling that it was not time to tell him, so he could only lie to him, "A senior from the Municipal Art Museum invited me to have afternoon tea."

"Your illness is not cured, can't you push it away?" Tao Xihong was worried about his health.

"Just go sit for a while, it's okay." Xu Jiangtong patted him on the shoulder, then looked down at his watch, "I'm leaving first, I'll contact you later."

After speaking, he went to the street and hailed a taxi.

Tao Xihong turned his head, looked at his hurried figure, and frowned suspiciously.

After 30 minutes, the car stopped in front of the Children's Palace.Just as get out of class was over, the doorway was full of parents picking up their children from school, and there were dark heads and battery cars everywhere.

Xu Jiangtong pretended to be the parents of the students, took advantage of the chaos, and asked the person in charge on the first floor where Guan Hongzhu was attending today's classroom.

How to bring out the topic?When he went upstairs, Xu Jiangtong was still thinking about this problem.After thinking twice, he still decided to start with the known conditions and see the tricks.

The evening sun slanted into the window, Guan Hongzhu was cleaning the blackboard, and there was only her busy figure in the empty classroom.

Xu Jiangtong pushed open the half-hidden door and knocked it lightly a few times.

"You are?" The woman on the podium turned her head in response, and couldn't help being surprised to see a foreigner standing at the door.

Xu Jiangtong reported his family name, briefly explained the purpose of his visit, and showed her his passport.

Guan Hongzhu wiped her hands, took the certificate, and praised: "You speak Chinese very well."

"I'm a Chinese-Italian hybrid." Xu Jiangtong released the first bait and observed her expression calmly.

Sure enough, Guan Hongzhu's hands trembled when she heard his nationality.

Xu Jiangtong continued: "Mr. Jiang Jizhe is my senior. When I was visiting his friend, I heard your name by chance."

"He actually mentioned me?" She lowered her head and muttered to herself, unintentionally acknowledging their relationship.

Seeing that the fish had already been hooked, Xu Jiangtong didn't talk nonsense, and said straight to the point: "After my investigation, Mr. Jiang's death may be something else. I came to you this time to ask some details about him."

Guan Hongzhu shook her head when she heard the words: "I'm sorry, we only met once at the art exhibition."

"Fate?" Xu Jiangtong asked with a smile, and found out the token left to Tao Xihong back then, "Do you know this painting?"

Guan Hongzhu only glanced at it, and her expression froze instantly: "This... I clearly put... why is it here with you? Could it be..."

She couldn't tell whether it was fear or excitement, but she said a lot of words incoherently.Xu Jiangtong sounded a bit strenuous, but he could already draw a conclusion from her reaction.

"Ms. Guan, I didn't want to pursue any responsibility when I came to you this time. I just hope that you—" Thinking of the hardships Tao Xihong has suffered for so many years, Xu Jiangtong gritted his teeth and said the last half of the sentence coldly, "Take Your son's original 20 years will be returned to him."

"I didn't abandon him on purpose. I was unemployed that year, and the old man was critically ill. There was really nothing I could do..." Guan Hongzhu's voice trembled, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Seeing this, Xu Jiangtong handed over a tissue: "Let's talk in a quiet place."

Guan Hongzhu took the tissue and wiped the corners of her eyes, and put the student's homework into her bag: "Mr. Xu has already found him? May I ask about your relationship?"

Xu Jiangtong chose to remain silent, glanced at her, and turned to open the door.

The moment the door was opened, a hand suddenly stretched out from the outside and pushed the door open.

Xu Jiangtong was scared by the loud noise and took a few steps back, only to see Tao Xihong's eyes were glowing red, and his clenched hands were hanging heavily on the door frame.

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Found it, but not happy.Puppies need to be fed starfish so they don’t lose their temper~