As soon as Ye Hui drove home, he received a special message on his phone.
"Do you want to know the whereabouts of your mother?"
Ye Hui has received messages like this almost every day in the past month. Even if he blocks a mobile phone number, a new number will send him messages the next day, and each message is about his family.
"If you want to know, see you in the woods at the northwest corner of People's Park on Qichen Road after get off work tomorrow!"
Ye Hui snorted and repeated the previous actions, then closed the curtains and threw himself into the sofa. The things he had forgotten were reawakened by this information.
It was an autumn when the setting sun was like blood. Ye Hui was only seven years old at that time, and he was at an age of ignorance. Although his family was not rich, it was still harmonious and beautiful. After school that day, Ye Hui was jumping around with his schoolbag on his back.
Walking towards home, I turned a corner and arrived home. In the morning, my mother said that when he comes back from school in the afternoon, he can eat delicious braised pork. This dish is one of his mother's specialties, and it is also the best dish for Ye Hui when he grows up.
I never tasted like I had eaten again.
Full of expectation, I turned the corner and saw several off-road vehicles parked in front of my house. Several burly men were pulling my mother's hands to separate her from her father's hands.
"No, no, I've already left from there, why don't you let me go!"
The mother's hoarse screams and eyes red from crying did not move those people at all. The father suddenly bit the person who was pulling him next to him, and then he thrust his body back and finally got out of the way and ran forward.
Go and hug her mother tightly. Just when a group of people were pulling each other, Ye Hui's mother saw her son squatting in the corner and signaled him with her eyes not to come out. The little Ye Hui was so frightened by the scene in front of him that he trembled.
He saw what his mother meant, covered his mouth tightly, shrank back, turned around and ran away.
Just like that, seven-year-old Ye Hui ran around in a panic and finally fell into a pit overgrown with grass and huddled up in a ball. This was the foundation of a family, but only the pit for the foundation was dug and covered.
The house is made of red bricks, but for some unknown reason the construction has not started yet.
He waited here until the moon was bright and the stars were clear before crawling out of the pit. The surroundings were dark and accompanied by the chirping of crickets or insects that often occurs in summer. The young Ye Hui looked around with vigilance and headed home.
Walk.
The simple wooden door of the home was open, and the scene in the yard could be seen clearly under the moonlight. Ye Hui called out to his parents in a low voice, but no one responded. He walked over and turned on the lights in the yard so that he could see nothing.
It was messy. The water tank with the little fish was shattered on the floor, and the big 28-year-old car that my father would bring him fresh gadgets or snacks every time he came back from riding it was also smashed and bent.
Needless to say, the doors and windows were all broken into pieces. Even the pomegranate tree in the yard, which was already full of fruit, was knocked down. In Ye Hui's memory, the pomegranates were sweet and juicy. Every year, his mother would come to the yard.
Under the dim light, I told him stories while peeling pomegranates, and I would fall asleep in the middle of the story every time.
Ye Hui stood in the yard for a while, feeling a little hungry, so he turned around and walked into the kitchen. The braised pork he had happily come back to eat was scattered on the floor, so he grabbed a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. It was not yet cooked.
At this time, there was a sound from the yard, which scared him so much that he went into the closet and trembled. Are those bad guys back again?
After a while, the closet door in front of him was opened. Ye Hui didn't dare to raise his head at all and just kept mumbling, "Don't hit me." The man sighed and pulled him out and held him in his arms to comfort him.
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"Don't be afraid, dear, I am your Aunt Zhang."
Smelling the familiar smell, Ye Hui dared to raise his head.
"Aunt Zhang?"
"Hey, it's me, don't be afraid."
The person who calls herself Aunt Zhang is the neighbor to the east of Ye Hui's house. She naturally knows everything about what happened in the afternoon. When those people first arrived, she thought about going out to argue with them, but after the old man's reminder
Only then did I see the electric batons tied to those people's waists, and I watched helplessly as Ye Hui's parents were taken away by those people.
She didn't know what those people did, nor how Ye Hui's parents offended those people. But in her impression, Ye Hui's parents had always been mysterious, even though they had been neighbors for six or seven years.
Never really understood.
When Ye Hui's parents moved here, Ye Hui's mother was already pregnant in Liujia, and the warm-hearted Aunt Zhang naturally helped them clean the house inside and out. After a few days of getting along, the two families became familiar with each other.
They started to get along, but every time they were asked about family matters, they just laughed it off.
"Son, if your parents don't come back, you will live in my house from now on. My aunt has no son, so you will be my son from now on."
Aunt Zhang gave birth to two daughters. Although she doesn’t favor sons over daughters, who wouldn’t want to combine them into a good word? Ever since Ye Hui was born, she has treated him like a son. Is there anything delicious or fun? My daughter has one
Ye Hui will also have a share.
"Aunt Zhang, I'm so scared. Why did those people take my parents away?"
Aunt Zhang didn't know how to answer this question. She could only hold Ye Hui tightly in her arms and choked with sobs: "My poor child."
Since then, Ye Hui has been living at Aunt Zhang's house. He longed for his parents to suddenly appear one day and said with a smile that they were back. All the expectations in his heart gradually fell silent over time. Aunt Zhang also reported
She went to the police, but there was no news after two or three years, so she took the certificate from the police station and went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to go through the legal adoption procedures.
Fortunately, Ye Hui has been very smart since he was a child. He knows everything he has learned and can draw inferences from one instance to another. His teachers who have taught him are amazed by his radiant thinking. Stacks of certificates are shining in the drawers on the wall and in the cabinets.
The shiny trophies prove his intelligence.
"Buzz!"
Ye Hui, who unknowingly burst into tears in the memory, wiped away his tears and picked up his phone. As Lin Qi's secretary, it is a basic professional ethics to be on call at any time.
CEO: "Come out for a drink, I'll be downstairs at your house."
Ye Hui jumped up and rushed to the bathroom, washed his face and left the house. As soon as he came out of the building, he saw the tall and straight figure of his president. Lin Qi turned around and noticed Ye Hui's red face.
Eyes, without saying anything, he stepped forward and patted his shoulder and got into the car first.
In fact, Lin Qi didn't suddenly want to drink with Ye Hui on a whim. He had noticed Ye Hui's occasional absent-minded state these days. He knew very well that Ye Hui, as his secretary-general, had very strict requirements for himself. This kind of absent-minded state
This situation has never happened before, and the only thing that can affect Ye Hui's mood is things about his family. It happened that he kissed his wife these days and said that he misses the food cooked by his mother. Although he is reluctant to leave it, he can take advantage of this time to deal with it.
some things.
On the second floor at night, the two of them had not exchanged a word since they came in. Lin Qi slowly drank the sad whiskey in the glass, quietly waiting for Ye Hui to speak first. Soon a bottle of whiskey was consumed by Ye Hui alone.
Most of the time, he began to tell his story in a drunken state of mind.
Lin Qi didn't expect that Ye Hui, who usually seemed serious and solemn, would have such a bizarre childhood life, and he didn't know how to comfort him for a while.
"The funny thing is that I don't even know who those people are! President, do you think I have failed as a son and as a man?"
Ye Hui actually thought about investigating secretly before, but he had no clue about the matter at all. So later he just assumed that his parents were no longer alive. In this way, many people will definitely think that he is unfilial, but from another perspective
In other words, maybe Ye Hui's parents just hope that their son can grow up safely and choose a good life.
Lin Qi looked at Ye Hui who was crying and said nothing. He walked over and put his arms around his shoulders and told him that he could help him.
Ye Hui leaned in Lin Qi's arms and cried heartily. The pain of the past twenty years seemed to be expelled from the body along with the tears. He stood up and wiped his tears with an embarrassed smile. Although the light was dim, Ye Hui
Hui must have cried all over the shirt that was custom-made by his own CEO.
"Thank you, President, for your kindness. I no longer want to investigate this matter."
In the early morning, the two left the night. Ye Hui refused his CEO's request for the driver to take him home, and walked forward alone. Because he was preoccupied, he didn't notice a figure waiting in the shadow of the trees in front of him.
he.
"Mr. Ye, are you okay?"
Ye Hui bumped into someone and subconsciously wanted to apologize. When he heard the sound, he looked up and saw a man wearing a black mask, hiding his face in the darkness brought by the sweatshirt and hat. This man was dressed in black and had a very thin figure.
"I'm fine. I bumped into you just now. I'm so sorry!"
After Ye Hui finished speaking, he was about to leave, but was grabbed by the man. He turned his head and wanted to get angry, but he saw a pair of gloomy eyes.
"Do you want to know where your parents are? If so, please give me a call."
The man's pretendedly low voice made Ye Hui very uncomfortable. Before he could react, the man stuffed a card into his arms and turned around and walked into the darkness.
"Neuropathy!"
Ye Hui patted his face. As expected, alcohol can make people less responsive. Although he said so, his actions of stuffing the card into his pocket showed his true thoughts in his heart.
Just when Lin Qi and Ye Hui were getting drunk in the bar, Lin Zhai welcomed a guest. Although Lin Jinnan and Jiang Yue were unhappy, they still greeted each other with smiles.
"Brother and sister-in-law, long time no see! My brother misses me very much."
A man was struggling to push the wheelchair under him, with an indescribable weird smile on his thin face, like the hatred of love but also the pride of the beginning of a good show.
"Pengyuan, have you forgotten the rules of the Lin family?"
Lin Jinnan said lightly, not showing any joy at the arrival of this younger brother. Hearing this, Lin Pengyuan's eyes flashed with a little hatred, it was the damn Lin family's rules that prevented him from developing his ambitions. It was clear that the Lin family was in his hands.
He would become more powerful. He was obviously the most suitable person to inherit the Lin family, but in the end he was succeeded by his mediocre and timid brother.
"What are you talking about, brother? We are a family, why should we be so serious?"
The rule of the Lin family is that unless there is something important, no communication between the rooms is allowed. Even the reporting of affairs is done through video or any important documents will be sent to the president of the Lin family by a dedicated person.
"My brother's visit this time is just to discuss with my little nephew how to make the Lin family stronger. By the way, where is my nephew? Why don't you see other people, and my pregnant nephew-in-law?"
Lin Jinnan's heart suddenly tightened when he heard this. He knew this younger brother very well. There was nothing he couldn't do, and he could do it without leakage. Now he said this to his son, daughter-in-law, and his wife.
Do you want to start with your unborn grandson?
"If you don't agree with each other, you should just go back to your place and manage your territory well. There is no need to ask more questions."
Lin Pengyuan sighed lowly: "Sure enough, blood and family ties can never be compared to the supreme right!"
After speaking, he turned the wheelchair and walked out. An uninformed person looking at his back would definitely think that everyone had bullied him. However, the endless calculations in Lin Pengyuan's heart had just begun.
Lin Jinnan and Jiang Yue called their son after Lin Deyuan left: "Son, your uncle is back."