between light and shadow

15

Zhao Qiping led Annie not far away, Annie couldn't help but look back quietly, and saw Tang Chuan taking off his coat and putting it on Xiang Ziying.

"It seems that the relationship between the two of them is not as simple as a professor and an assistant. Did you see what Tang Chuan was holding in his hand just now?"

"Why, do you also use that brand?"

Annie beat Zhao Qiping's chest angrily.Zhao Qiping laughed and cried out in pain.

"The one who is willing to help women buy these things is the real good man!"

"It's too impersonal for you to judge a man's quality by such a standard."

"Then what should be the evaluation?"

"I will tell you with actions tonight."

Annie punched Zhao Qiping's chest again. Actually, it wasn't that hard, but Zhao Qiping still held his chest and pretended to be in pain, "It's so fierce now, but it will be worse in the future?"

"Who told you to talk nonsense."

"There's no such thing as nonsense, you obviously look very happy."

Annie was furious, she just couldn't win against this Zhao Qiping when it came to bickering.Zhao Qiping also tactfully accepted it as soon as he saw it.

"Okay, you are the most gentle and virtuous, go back first, this bag is so heavy."

Zhao Qiping wanted to take Annie away, but Annie still stopped where she was, "Wait a minute!"

Annie blinked and asked intentionally, "Who did you introduce me to Tang Chuan just now?"

Zhao Qiping raised Annie's hand, and said confidently and naturally, "Girlfriend!"

"That's all?"

Annie pouted, she seemed dissatisfied that Zhao Qiping admitted their relationship like this, it's not romantic at all.Although, they all experienced an unforgettable night yesterday.

"I'm already yours, are you still not satisfied?" Zhao Qiping looked aggrieved, and leaned into Annie's ear and lowered his voice, "How about serving you well tonight?"

Annie blushed, and she could even feel Zhao Qiping's seductive breath brushing against her ears, and then Zhao Qiping quickly kissed Annie's cheek.Regardless of being on the side of the road and the bag of ingredients in Zhao Qiping's hand, the two hugged and kissed tightly.

Annie jumped on Zhao Qiping's back and asked Zhao Qiping to carry her back.The two came to the elevator room with laughter and noisiness, but suddenly saw Mingcheng waiting.Mingcheng stepped forward and called Dr. Zhao.

"Are you waiting for me?"

"Mr. Fang's foot is almost recovered. In order to thank you, Mr. Fang has donated a batch of medical equipment to the orthopedics department of the hospital in his own name."

"He should know that I don't need him to do this."

"You should also know what Mr. Fang means."

"I am sorry, I do not understand."

"Mr. Fang has fired the driver. He wants this to be over."

"It's not up to me to decide how this matter should end."

Mingcheng was taken aback.He still doesn't know that Xiaomin was almost kidnapped.

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Mingcheng walked into the factory.He has been able to freely enter and exit the secret room.There was no one else in the secret room at this time, except Li Yaman, Fang Hong, and Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei stood tremblingly, with his head down, not daring to look directly at Fang Hong, but Fang Hong looked dissatisfied. Mingcheng rarely saw Fang Hong so angry.

"I'm already old, but I'm still so impulsive! I've already sent Ah Cheng to do things. Now that you're making such a fuss, how can you fix it? If the police want to track me down and involve me, do you know how troublesome it is? ?”

Back then, Zhang Wei took the risk of abducting Xiaomin and his brother because his wife suffered from kidney disease and needed a lot of medical expenses.After selling Xiaomin's younger brother, Zhang Wei and his wife hid in the countryside for several years, but Zhang Wei's wife died of illness afterwards.Later, he joined Fang Hong and was mainly responsible for contacting drug dealers in Myanmar. It was not until recently that Zhang Wei felt that he was getting old and wanted to retire, so Fang Hong asked him to come back as a driver. Unexpectedly, he would meet Xiaomin.

Fang Hong could have ignored this matter, but Zhang Wei begged hard. Since he had worked hard for him for many years, Fang Hong wanted to gag Zhao Qiping first, and then pretend to dismiss Zhang Wei on the surface.As for that Xiaomin, there is actually no evidence to prove that he is the Uncle Zhang back then, so Xiaomin was not considered a threat in the first place.But he underestimated Zhao Qiping, and he didn't expect Zhang Wei to privately find someone to teach Xiaomin a lesson, and even got into trouble with Ji Bai and Li Xunran.

"Ah Cheng, what do you think?"

Mingcheng shook his head.It must be difficult for Ji Bai and Li Xunran to keep an eye on them.Just now Zhao Qiping told him that Xiao Min would not give up easily.Now the only option is to make Zhang Wei disappear temporarily so that they can't find him.Finally, Fang Hong decided to let Zhang Wei go back to the Yunnan border.

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Three months passed.On this day, Xunran returned to the hospital for rehabilitation as usual, and Xiaomin was still with him.When Xunran returned to the hospital for a follow-up visit on the first day, Xiaomin specially came to accompany him.From now on, every time there is a follow-up visit or rehabilitation, no matter whether Xiaomin is at work or not, she will come on time. Gradually, this has become a kind of tacit understanding between the two of them.

The recovery process is actually not easy at all. Every time she sees Xun Ran gritting her teeth and breaking out in a cold sweat, she still bears the pain and perseveres, Xiaomin feels distressed, but all she can do is accompany and encourage her.You have to face and bear some pain, which is the price of making yourself better.Xunran always tells Xiaomin like this.

Today is the last time for Xunran to go to the hospital for rehabilitation. His foot has recovered very well. He no longer needs crutches to walk, but he cannot perform strenuous movements such as running fast.This was originally something to be happy about, but Xiao Min and Xun Ran felt inexplicably depressed, mixed with a trace of reluctance.The two sat face to face in the canteen of the hospital, and they fell silent.

"Can I still come to you in the future?" Xun Ran finally plucked up the courage to say this, he knew that if he didn't say it this time, he would definitely regret it.

"of course can."

Xiaomin smiled slightly, and reached out to Xunran for his cell phone.Xunran handed the phone to Xiaomin as promised, and watched Xiaomin save the phone number in her phone, and then put Xunran's number in her phone's contact book.

"I plan to go out in two days and contact you when I come back."

"Where are you going? Your feet aren't ready for strenuous exercise or overwork right now."

"I know, don't worry, I will pay attention."

"Where are you going? Alone?" Xiaomin was really worried.

Xunran hesitated for a while, and finally told Xiaomin that he was going to Pingcun, Xiaomin's hometown.

In fact, Xunran has not been idle for the past few months. Apart from doing rehabilitation, he just stayed in the reference room of the police station, searching for any information that might be related to Zhang Wei. However, the file storage system 20 years ago did not exist. Today's perfection, and the police at that time did not pay much attention to this case, the preserved materials are even less.

Mingcheng had secretly informed them that Zhang Wei had gone to the Yunnan border.However, even knowing that Zhang Wei is there is useless, we can't arrest him rashly, I'm afraid it will startle the snake, especially now that the case of Fang Hong and Li Yaman is involved.So Xun Ran wanted to go to Ping Village to see if there were any new clues, to find some breakthroughs.Ji Bai originally opposed it at first.Xun Ran’s visit to Pingcun is like going to Ping Village to investigate in private. Not to mention the danger involved, Xun Ran’s foot that has not fully healed is a big hidden worry, but in the end he still Xun Ran was convinced.

On the other hand, Riyadhmann has almost completely stopped his activities in recent months, as if he has disappeared.Mingcheng became the manager of Punk Cafe, Fang Wenwen became the deputy manager, and the cafe has been operating normally.The packaging factory has also suspended operations, and everything seems to have calmed down, without wind or waves.The police can only wait passively. Whoever loses patience first at this time may lose.In fact, Ji Bai was a little bit impatient, but there was nothing he could do. He really didn't like the feeling of being led away, so he simply went to Ping Village with Xun Ran. Anyway, Ping Village is not far away. What's the matter? If there is an emergency, you can still come back in time.

As Xunran expected, when he told Xiaomin that he would go to Pingcun, Xiaomin insisted on following him.That was Xiaomin's hometown. She was familiar with both the geographical environment and the local customs. In addition, she was the only witness who knew the whole incident best. She had no way to refuse Xiaomin. requirements.

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After Xiaomin's mother passed away, Xiaomin left the village and handed over the ancestral house to a distant relative named Aunt Feng.Coming back suddenly after more than ten years, Aunt Feng was surprised and delighted when she saw Xiaomin.Aunt Feng is over 60 years old. Her husband passed away early. She has no children and has always lived alone. She used to love Xiaomin and her brother very much. Now that Xiaomin is doing well, she feels comforted in her heart.Xiaomin just said to bring friends back for a walk, but didn't tell her the truth.

Xiaomin took Xunran and Ji Bai back to the stream where she played with her younger brother back then. The water in the stream was still clear and cool after so many years, but in Xiaomin's heart it was an unbearable witness.I followed the route back then to the hillside where Xiaomin was kicked down, and then circled around, but still found nothing new.In fact, they didn't have much hope at first, they just wanted Xiaomin to think back to the pain of the year, Xunran felt that it was a very cruel thing, and couldn't help holding Xiaomin's hand lightly. He clenched it even harder, as if he wanted to get some support from Xun Ran.

Finally, they came to Zhang Wei's old residence, and saw that the small wooden house was dilapidated, and it seemed that no one had lived in it for a long time.Ji Bai went into the room to have a look, but unexpectedly found that there were still water stains in the teacup on the table, and there were traces of sleeping on the wooden bed. Someone had been here and lived there, and the traces were still fresh.

"Could it be that Uncle Zhang is back?" Xiaomin couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Ji Bai shook his head.Mingcheng said that Zhang Wei went to the Yunnan border, so he probably wouldn't come back here at this time to throw himself into the trap.The three of them circled around again, but still found nothing, and there was no sign of Zhang Wei.Seeing that it was getting late, Ji Bai decided to go back first.

It was rare for so many people to eat together. Aunt Feng specially prepared a sumptuous dinner, but Xun Ran couldn't eat any more after taking a few bites.Maybe it's because he's been walking for too long today, and his old problem has been aching.Seeing that Xun Ran was getting more and more tired, Xiaomi quickly helped him back to his room to rest.

Aunt Feng and Ji Bai were the only ones left at the dinner table, Aunt Feng took out a glass of the wine she had treasured for a long time and handed it to Ji Bai, and drank it herself to her heart's content.

"Hey, is that young man Xiaomin's boyfriend?"

Ji Bai rolled his eyes, this question is really hard to answer.

"Guess?"

"It should be the kind that both parties are interested in, but they haven't officially agreed to it, right?"

Ji Bai immediately gave a thumbs up, "As expected, Aunt Feng is still old and hot, you can see through it at a glance."

"I think that young man is not bad, you told him to take good care of Xiaomin."

"He will."

"What about you, have you married a wife yet?" Seeing Ji Bai smiling awkwardly and shaking his head, "You're not like that young man again, afraid to speak up when you meet someone you like, right?"

"My situation is a bit complicated."

"If you like it, you like it. If you don't like it, you don't like it. Love is very simple. Why do you want to be so complicated. If you think too much, you will not love it simply."

Unexpectedly, an old man would suddenly say that love is so straightforward, and there is no way to refute it, Ji Bai was embarrassed and could only laugh and try to fool around.

While chatting and laughing, Ji Bai suddenly had a strange feeling, as if someone was peeping outside the window.Ji Bai hurried out.There are no street lights in the village at night, and most of the villagers work from sunrise to sunset, so when night falls, the surrounding area is quiet and dark.Ji Bai looked around the house worryingly, but there was nothing unusual.

In fact, Ji Bai couldn't let go of all the traces he saw in Zhang Wei's house during the day.If Zhang Wei really came back, if he knew that Xiaomin was also coming to investigate, he would definitely not let Xiaomin go.As long as Xiaomin is dead, no one can testify against Zhang Wei.

Suddenly a scream came from the room piercing the silent night sky, it was Xiao Min's voice, Ji Bai turned around and ran back to the room.