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Ji Cixi almost wanted to vomit out all her internal organs. She really did not expect that the scenes that she could only read in those horror stories were presented in front of her eyes at ten times the level today.

After finally vomiting, Ji Cixi held on to the railing and panted profusely, Zhou Ming stepped forward, handed her a bottle of mineral water, and said worriedly: "Rinse your mouth first."

Ji Cixi reluctantly raised her hand to take the bottle of water, and after rinsing her mouth, she wiped the water stains from the corners of her mouth, and dragged her weak body back to that family's house again.

"and many more,"

Before taking a few steps, Ji Cixi was stopped by Zhou Ming, she turned to look at Zhou Ming, Zhou Ming frowned and said: "You should just wait here, don't go in."

Ji Cixi shook her head when she heard the words, she clutched her stomach that was still shaking, gritted her teeth and said, "I want to ask myself."

"But you..."

"I'm fine." Ji Cixi insisted, "Let's go."

After that, Ji Cixi turned and walked forward, Zhou Ming knew that he couldn't stop her at all, but seeing her back that seemed to fall down at any time, he still frowned worriedly.

When the two went back, the woman had already coaxed her father-in-law, and she greeted the two into the back room, where the old man was lying on the broken bed.

In the dim room, only the burnt-yellow bulb on the ceiling gave off a faint light. The old man was wrapped in a dirty cotton-padded jacket and curled up in the corner.

Ji Cixi felt pain in his heart when he saw it, but the woman behind him still refused to shut up.

"Tell me what happened back then."

A burst of irritability rose in Ji Cixi's heart, she looked at Zhou Ming, Zhou Ming immediately understood, turned around and said to the woman: "Please go out, we have something to talk to the old man alone."

"How can I do that?" the woman refused, "I..."

She wanted to say something more, but Zhou Ming's handsome face had already collapsed, and he said indifferently: "If you continue to stay here, you will have to drop one digit from the price just now."

The woman stared directly when she heard the words, as if she was about to have a big fight with Zhou Ming, but she looked up at Zhou Ming's tall figure, thinking that she might not be able to take advantage of it, so she could only roll her eyes and resentfully leave.

As soon as she left, Zhou Ming followed and left the house. He closed the door with a bang, and then stood guard outside the door, completely eliminating the possibility of the woman eavesdropping.

The world was clean, so Ji Cixi said to the old man: "Hi old man, I came today because I need your help..."

However, the only answer to Ji Cixi was the old man's sobs.

"I know you were seriously injured in that tragedy, and I don't want to force you to recall such a tragic past. I just want to ask you one thing."

The old man didn't say anything, just looked at Ji Cixi with timid eyes.

"The director of the factory back then, do you remember his name?" Ji Cixi asked earnestly.

"Factory, factory manager?" The old man repeated timidly in a low voice.

"Yes." Ji Cixi nodded eagerly, "Director, do you still remember?"

"Factory director...Gao, Lao Gao..." The old man seemed to be lost in memory while talking, his voice became smaller and smaller.

Ji Cixi frowned, she couldn't hear what the old man said at all, so she could only ask again patiently.

"What did you say the name of the factory manager...?"

"Old Gao, yes, Lao Gao." The old man said vaguely, while talking, he actually laughed, clapping his hands and saying cheerfully:

"Lao Gao's daughter-in-law is pregnant with her second child. He said he wanted to buy me a drink, but..."

Speaking of this, the old man stopped laughing suddenly, the dead muscles on his face gradually trembled, and cloudy tears rolled down.

"But the fire, such a big fire... Lao Gao asked me to climb out, but he, he is gone, right in front of my eyes!"

When the old man said this, he suddenly raised his tone. He scratched his face vigorously with his only hand. His dirty nails left a few bloodstains on his dark face, but he didn't stop, and continued to scratch hard. looking at his own face.

Ji Cixi panicked when she saw this, she hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, but even so, the old man's face was already covered with blood during the struggle.

"Old Gao pushed me out, and then the factory exploded again, and I saw that Lao Gao was broken into several pieces, you know? In the morning, he still invited me to drink, but in the evening, he was broken into pieces !"

Ji Cixi backed away in fright, although the old man was unconscious, Ji Cixi vaguely seemed to know something.

The factory manager's surname is Gao, and Gao Xiu's surname is also Gao.

There are so many coincidences in this world.

Even though he didn't find out the details clearly, looking at the old man who was scratching his cheek crazily in front of his eyes, Ji Cixi felt that he didn't have the guts to stay any longer. She pushed open the door and stumbled out of the room .

"Are you okay?!" Seeing this, Zhou Ming strode forward to support Ji Cixi who was about to fall, and Ji Cixi grabbed Zhou Ming's shoulder vigorously so that she would not fall down, she said weakly to the middle-aged woman :

"Go in and see your father-in-law...he seems to be crazy."

After tossing until early morning, Ji Cixi and Zhou Ming finally returned to the car.

"So, you suspect that the factory director who died tragically is Gao Xiu's father?" Zhou Ming asked after hearing Ji Cixi's story.

Ji Cixi nodded, "Everything can't be such a coincidence."

"But... how did Gao Xiu defect to the old man in the end?"

"Maybe it's not defection?" Ji Cixi said, "What if the chairman found Gao Xiu? Gao Xiu was only a few years old 30 years ago. If the whole family died in the explosion except him, How could he have the ability to take the initiative to defect to whom when he was alone at that time?"

Zhou Ming was taken aback when he heard the words, he thought for a moment and said: "So... If the chairman took the initiative to find Gao Xiu..."

Suddenly, Zhou Ming's body trembled, and Ji Cixi asked, "What's wrong with you?"

At this moment, Zhou Ming only felt that he was overwhelmed by a chill, and when he opened his mouth, his voice trembled.

"If that's the case, don't you think that the explosion might...not be as simple as an accident?"

Hearing this, Ji Cixi felt a chill all over his body, and goosebumps crawled all over his arms.

The two people in the car suddenly fell into silence. Although the heating in the car was on, whether it was Zhou Ming or Ji Cixi, it was like entering an ice cave at this moment, and the blood in their bodies seemed to freeze.

After a while, Ji Cixi finally spoke, she whispered: "You should be able to find out the details of that chemical factory."

Zhou Ming nodded silently.

"Then check it out."

Hearing this, Zhou Ming looked up at Ji Cixi's delicate side face, he pursed his somewhat dry lips, and after a long time of deliberation, he opened his mouth tremblingly.

"Some things, once dug up, may be beyond redemption."

When Ji Cixi heard this, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, she looked ahead and said:

"Are you afraid?"

Zhou Ming shook his head, and he also turned his head to look into the distance, and said calmly: "Everything I have is given by the boss, and I have nothing to fear for the sake of the boss. It's just,"

He suddenly looked at Ji Cixi again.

"It's just that the boss's most precious person is you. If you do this, if something happens, I'm afraid the boss will suffer for the rest of his life."

"But watching her being swallowed up by that place, I will suffer for the rest of my life." Ji Cixi said calmly, "Seeing her being entangled to death by marriage and family like a boa constrictor, I would also be in pain. So instead of letting her It’s better for me to be with her than to bear it alone.”

After Ji Cixi finished speaking, she looked at Zhou Ming, and she smiled lightly.

"The relationship between your boss and me is to use each other to live together. If I choose to have nothing to do with myself at this time, then I will breach the contract."

Ji Cixi had already said that, Zhou Ming knew that there was no need for him to persuade him anymore.

He looked at Ji Cixi for a while, finally sighed helplessly, smiled wryly and started the car.

"Since this is the case, let's do it." Zhou Ming said, "See what everything will look like in the end."

After he said that, the car sped away into the distance.