When Zhang Liangcheng came home, his wife was sitting on the sofa in the living room without turning on the lights, curled up, facing the window, motionless and silent.
He turned on the light, turned around and saw the figure on the sofa, and was startled. After calming down, Zhang Liangcheng, who was in a bad mood, asked in an unhappy tone: "Why are you sitting here? You don't even turn on the lights."
His wife Su Ke turned back to look at him, with a sad and angry look on her face: "It was your brother who did it, right?"
Zhang Liangcheng took off his shoes for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and stared at her, saying, "My brother did it. What do you mean?"
Su Xie started to laugh, tears streaming down his face as he smiled.
"How long do you want to keep this secret from me? Have you ever thought about Xiaoyu and me? Let me ask you, have you ever thought about us?" Su Ke became more and more excited as he spoke, and his voice became sharp and high-pitched.
Zhang Liangcheng stood at the entrance, looking at his emotional wife not far away, and the anger he had just barely built up suddenly collapsed.
He took off his glasses, pinched his eyebrows, and said softly: "I don't know, the police are still investigating."
Su Ke snorted coldly: "You don't know? Do you think I believe it? Five years ago, he already... Do you think I don't know?"
Zhang Liangcheng was shocked and looked up at Su Ke in disbelief: "That matter...how could you know?"
"Zhang Liangcheng, have you always thought I was stupid?" Su Ke asked him.
Zhang Liangcheng opened his mouth, but nothing came out.
"Let me ask you, what are you going to do? Should you continue to protect that devil, or should you make a clean break with him and draw a clear line?" Su Ke asked.
Zhang Liangcheng frowned, hesitating and not knowing how to answer.
Su Ke stared at him for a while, and after not waiting for a reply, her eyes filled with disappointment. Although this outcome had been expected, she still refused to believe that she and her son were still better than each other after being married for many years. But his younger brother, even though his younger brother is no longer the cute and well-behaved boy he once was.
"Let's get a divorce. Sign the agreement now and go through the formalities early tomorrow morning." After Su Ke finished speaking, he turned around and went to the coffee table to get the divorce agreement that had been prepared, and threw it in front of Zhang Liangcheng: "I have already signed it. It’s over. We’ll share the property equally. Xiaoyu belongs to me, and you don’t have to pay alimony. After we divorce, I will change Xiaoyu’s surname and take him out of this city. Since I chose your brother, I don’t blame you. But I hope you will be noble and leave a way for Xiaoyu to survive." After saying that, Su Ke returned to the bedroom without looking back.
Zhang Liangcheng looked down at the divorce agreement at his feet, his face pale.
After a long time, he knelt down and picked up the three divorce agreements. At this time, he still held on to a glimmer of hope, but when he turned to the end and saw Su Ke's name, all hope was instantly extinguished.
He knew that although his wife was gentle, she was actually stubborn at heart. Once she decided on something, even ten cows could not bring her back.
However, he has clearly made his choice and is already planning to give up his studies, isn't he?
He couldn't understand why he hesitated when Su Ke asked him to choose?
The knock on the door sounded at this moment, so out of time.
Zhang Liangcheng came to his senses, hurriedly put the agreement aside, put on his glasses again, adjusted his mood, and then turned around and opened the door.
When he opened the door, he saw Xu Mingzhi who was all wet.
His expression was cold and hard, without the careless and casual feeling before.
"I'm sorry, things have changed. I have to ask you to come with me." Xu Mingzhi stood outside the door, looking at Zhang Liangcheng inside, and said expressionlessly.
In fact, he wanted to punch the face in front of him right now.
Zhang Liangcheng did not resist, but said: "Wait a moment, I will talk to my wife."
"Then hurry up." Xu Mingzhi did not refuse.
Zhang Liangcheng turned around and walked toward the bedroom. When he reached the door, he didn't open the door directly and went in. Instead, he stood at the door and knocked. Then, without waiting for a response from inside, he said directly: "I have to go to the police station now. I will handle the divorce with you when I come back. But you have to change the agreement. I don't want anything, it's all yours." I only have one condition for you and Xiaoyu, I want to know where you and Xiaoyu are at any time, okay?"
There was silence in the bedroom, as if no one was there at all.
Zhang Liangcheng stood for a while without waiting for a response, feeling disappointed and sad.
Just as he turned to leave, the door opened.
Zuko stood inside the door with tears on his face.
"Cooperate well, okay?" she asked, choking.
Zhang Liangcheng couldn't help but stretched out his hand to hug her into his arms, lowered his head and buried his face into her shoulder. After taking a deep breath, he murmured softly: "Don't worry, I've already missed it once, and I won't make the same mistake again." Wrong. Wait until I come back, okay?"
"Okay." Su Ke pushed him away gently: "Go ahead, don't make people wait too long."
Zhang Liangcheng took a deep look at him, turned around and strode towards Xu Mingzhi at the door.
After leaving the door, Zhang Liangcheng followed Xu Mingzhi and quickly entered the elevator. As soon as he entered, Xu Mingzhi said directly: "I can give you another chance now. Tell me, where is your brother? He left Yuehe City this morning and never went back. I think even without positioning software, You should also know where he is, right?" He raised his eyes and stared at Zhang Liangcheng reflected in the stainless steel door of the elevator, trying to suppress the anger in his heart.
Zhang Liangcheng lowered his head and was silent for seven or eight seconds before speaking: "There is a farm in the southwest suburbs that has been closed for several years. He has often gone there in the past two years."
Southwestern suburbs? Xu Mingzhi immediately thought of Luzhuang Reservoir, which is also in the southwest. He turned his head and took a deep look at Zhang Liangcheng: "You know the specific location, right?"
Zhang Liangcheng's Adam's apple rolled up and he hummed softly: "I probably know."
"Then let's go." After Xu Mingzhi said that, he immediately took out his mobile phone and called Lao Wang: "Find two people to drive to the intersection of Second Ring West Road and the National Highway to wait for me."
Lao Wang didn't say much. After agreeing, he immediately went to find someone.
About twenty minutes later, the two parties met at the intersection, and then hurried to the place Zhang Liangcheng said.
On a rainy night, a group of people drove in two cars for about 40 minutes and finally arrived near the place Zhang Liangcheng mentioned. It was a mountainous area with scattered dwellings. It was raining heavily at night and not even a ghost could be seen on the road.
Zhang Liangcheng told Xu Mingzhi that he only knew the approximate location. But this 'approximate location' is not small in scope, and it's a rainy night. It's rainy and dark. If you want to find someone, just with these few of them, the difficulty is not much different from finding a needle in a haystack.
Xu Mingzhi motioned to Lao Wang and the others to go around first. He sat in the car without moving. Through the rearview mirror, he looked at Zhang Liangcheng who was sitting in the back seat and looking out the window without saying a word. After thinking about it for a moment, he said : "By now, you should be very clear that even if you try to protect your brother, you can't. But you still have a chance. I can find a way to help you keep your job and minimize the impact. But You have to tell the truth completely, and you can’t hide anything anymore, okay?”
Zhang Liangcheng didn't move, but his hand on his lap was silently clenched.
"Where is that farm?" Xu Mingzhi asked in a deep voice.
Zhang Liangcheng moved his mandible, but said: "I really don't know."
Xu Mingzhi took a breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "Zhang Liangcheng, this is really the last chance I give you. I hope you think clearly before answering. You are a member of the Discipline Inspection Commission, so you should be aware of perjury. What is the nature of hiding something for a suspect? I hope you will think about it for yourself and your son. I heard that your son’s grades are very good and he is expected to be recommended. You should not want to be the first stumbling block in your son’s life. Bar?"
I don't know if Xu Mingzhi's threat had an effect. Zhang Liangcheng closed his eyes and was silent for a while. When he opened his eyes again, he raised his finger and pointed in a direction.
"There is a fork in the road where we came before. Go inward and drive about two kilometers to the farm."
