It was approaching evening, outside Mobei University of Political Science and Law, in a coffee shop.
Chen Liangshan looked at the black plastic bag in front of him. One corner of the bag turned up, revealing a thick stack of hundred-dollar bills in the bag.
He could not look directly into Xu Tiannan's eyes at this time. He tried several times but could not reach out for the pile of money in front of him.
Xu Tiannan saw the other party's embarrassment, so he immediately stepped forward and forced the bag into the other party's hands, and deliberately pretended not to care and said: "Oh! Look at you, you look like a mother-in-law like a little girl! It's just a little money.
Well! Compared with your mother-in-law’s condition, medical treatment is definitely more important! Why the hell are you thinking so much at this time! Take it, or I’ll beat you up!”
Chen Liangshan tightly grasped the bag of money in his hand and whispered: "Tian Nan, when you told Officer Wen about this, what was his reaction?"
Xu Tiannan thought for a while, "That guy said...it's so annoying."
Chen Liangshan closed his eyes in pain and said helplessly: "Yes! I asked you to borrow money from someone I don't know well. It did cause him a lot of trouble. I'm sorry that it's my fault..."
After a moment, Xu Tiannan said with a puzzled look on his face: "You... what are you talking about? I mean, the fourth master was reading the files and had no time to pay attention to me. He thought my talking was annoying, so he threw his bank card to me.
You went to withdraw the money yourself, why don't you apologize?"
Hearing this, Chen Liangshan couldn't help laughing, and Xu Tiannan took the opportunity to say: "But the only trouble with borrowing money this time is that the fourth master made a bet with me. If I can't guess his new password, I have to call him
His father, guess what happened next?"
Chen Liangshan: "How long did it take?"
Xu Tiannan sniffed and said proudly: "Two minutes and 25 seconds."
At this time, Chen Liangshan's mood finally improved a little. He looked at the other party and said with a smile: "Why are you still the same as when you were in school? You always like to reason about other people's little secrets."
Xu Tiannan smiled and said: "I've been used to it for so many years and it's hard to change...but there is something I really don't understand about you."
Chen Liangshan: "Huh? Me? What can't you understand about me?"
Xu Tiannan suddenly stopped laughing, looked directly into Chen Liangshan's eyes and asked, "Liangshan, have you... ever lied to me?"
Chen Liangshan was startled and immediately understood what Xu Tiannan meant, but at this time he had already figured out all the tricks the other party had used over the years.
Traces, micro-expressions, gazes, and tone of voice, these are Xu Tiannan's weapons. Once he masters the principles, now is the time to deceive the other party.
Therefore, Chen Liangshan first lowered his eyes slightly, then slightly pursed his lips and thought for a moment, then asked: "Have I ever lied to you? Well... Then I ask, does it count as a joke or a white lie?"
Xu Tiannan shook his head, "No, I just want to know whether you have deceived me in front of some big things."
After the words fell, Chen Liangshan did not think about it this time. Instead, he raised his eyes and looked at the center of the other person's eyebrows. He shook his head slightly and said, "No."
The corners of Xu Tiannan's mouth twitched slightly, but he still smiled and said: "That's good, drink the coffee quickly and go pay your mother-in-law's hospitalization fee!"
Chen Liangshan suddenly said: "Tiannan?"
Xu Tiannan: "If you talk about writing IOUs again, I'll beat you up!"
Chen Liangshan was stunned for a moment, but then nodded and smiled: "Okay, in order to avoid being beaten by you, I withdrew."
However, just when Chen Liangshan stood up and was about to leave, he suddenly heard Xu Tiannan say from behind: "Wait a minute."
Then, Chen Liangshan saw the other party take out another envelope from his pocket and hand it over, with an awkward expression: "Well... I have lent you all the money I saved, so I can only give your mother-in-law so much condolence money this time...
…Don’t be too little.”
Looking at the thin, wrinkled envelope in front of him, Chen Liangshan's eyes suddenly felt hot. He quickly turned his head and choked: "No... no need! Why are you still doing this!"
However, Xu Tiannan did not explain. He just silently stuffed the envelope into the other party's pocket and urged: "Tonight is Shui Gen and I's first date. You light bulb, hurry up and hurry up!"
When Xu Tiannan raised his head again, Chen Liangshan's back was no longer in front of him, replaced by Murong Shui's smiling face.
"Hey...eat, eat!"
After Murong Shui sat down, she immediately called the waiter to come over and order. After she ordered a lot of her favorite things, she realized that something was wrong with Xu Tiannan's expression.
"Boss, you...what's wrong with you? Something's wrong with your expression?"
Xu Tiannan said: "I just met Chen Liangshan."
Murong Shui: "Oh, you told me, didn't he ask Fourth Master to borrow money? Did he give it to him?"
"I gave it, but I... seem to have a problem."
Murong Shui asked in surprise: "What's the problem?"
Xu Tiannan: "I just... didn't read any useful clues from Chen Liangshan. Even when I asked him questions, I couldn't tell whether he was lying."
"Well?"
Murong Shui seemed a little anxious when he heard this, and immediately asked: "No way! Boss, is it possible that... you have lost your reasoning ability due to menopause?"
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Xu Tiannan interrupted the other party, then stood up and walked around Murong Shui. He wanted to verify something and verify whether he had really lost his ability to reason.
But soon, Xu Tiannan read no less than five clues in the flawless man in front of him.
——There are wet marks and white marks right behind the neck collar and back of the short windbreaker, and the hair on the back of the neck is stuck to the skin, which means that the person forgot to wash his hair before going out, but was too lazy to take off the windbreaker.
Put your head under the faucet and rinse it.
——Wearing a very cute women's watch on his left hand. The wristband of the watch is buckled in the last position, but the size is still a bit large. This shows that the other party chose the watch casually and didn't even try it on. After getting it back,
I left it at home. Before I left the house, I realized it was inappropriate and there was nothing I could do about it.
——The nails on both hands were cut into pits, and the little finger and ring finger of the left hand were cut to the point where the flesh was exposed, indicating that the other person must have been watching TV dramas or scrolling through his mobile phone while the nails were being cut.
——The other party did not wear her favorite "deer hunting hat" that symbolizes the detective today, because after washing her hair, it was too late to dry it before she went out.
——From all the above clues, it can be seen that this guy does not pay attention to today’s date at all!
At this point, Xu Tiannan was surprised to find that he did not have the "loss of ability" that Murong Shui said.
In this case, the problem before him now is even more serious: Chen Liangshan deliberately concealed himself, making it impossible for him to read any clues from him.
If the other party is really the murderer, he may have transformed into a formidable opponent by now.
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When Chen Liangshan arrived at the inpatient department, her mother-in-law had already completed her first induction remission treatment and was lying on the hospital bed, sleeping soundly.
"Dad, Yanran..."
Chen Liangshan called the other two in a low voice, but found that his father-in-law's eyes were full of indifference when he looked at him, and Xiao Yanran also pushed herself out of the ward quickly.
Xiao Yanran: "What are you doing here?"
Chen Liangshan handed the black plastic bag to the other party and said, "This is 40,000 yuan. Please pay mom the surgery fee."
The other party took the money and asked, "Where did you get the money?"
Chen Liangshan: "I borrowed it from Tiannan."
Xiao Yanran then asked: "So when you needed money this morning, you would rather mortgage your home's real estate certificate than ask your friends to borrow money, right?"
Chen Liangshan frowned and said, "Now is not the time to talk about this matter. Anyway, just keep the money."
But the other party said reluctantly: "Then what have you been doing these days?"
At this time, Chen Liangshan also used the excuse he had thought up earlier: "I took over a job at a substation, but due to an operating error, their machine room was burned down. Now the other party is demanding hundreds of thousands from me, otherwise the matter will be taken to court.
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"Call them."
Chen Liangshan: "What?"
"I want you to call them in front of me now. I want to hear them tell this from their own mouths!"
"What a joke! I'm calling someone so late just to verify this."
Chen Liangshan responded in a low voice and was about to leave, but Xiao Yanran chased after him again, stopped in front of him and said: "Call! Hurry up! I want to listen now!"
Chen Liangshan said with a cold face: "Get out of the way."
Xiao Yanran's face was filled with uncontrollable anger, she gritted her teeth and said, "Is it because of Aji?"
"what are you saying?"
Xiao Yanran said again in a trembling tone: "You haven't gone home these days because of that woman named Aji, right? When you left a few nights ago, you didn't even bring a tool bag, but you said you wanted to
You went out to work, so what on earth were you doing? Meeting that woman, right? I remember you said last time that she worked at Xicheng Zoo, right? I’m going to find her now!"
"Are you crazy?"
Chen Shanshan finally couldn't help but push the other person away and walked out alone. However, in the short few meters he walked out of the door of the inpatient department, he could feel the fiery gaze of the other person.
In the noisy street, looking at the smiling faces of the people on both sides of the road, Chen Liangshan always felt like he really existed in this world.
If it is true, why are there such big differences between people? Why did I try my best to protect my precarious family at the expense of other people's lives, but in the end it turned into a pot?
paste.
But the pain in the world is by no means limited to this, because at this time, a text message ringtone came from his cell phone, and this text message will make him completely fall into the bottom in the near future.