My dad actually wanted to take the blame for me, and judging from his firm expression, he must have said this from the bottom of his heart.
This was also the first time that I felt such firm fatherly love from him.
To be honest, I feel a little ridiculous. I still have hatred and resentment towards my dad. Seeing him anxious for me at this time, I feel a little relieved, but also have a sense of satisfaction that I want to take revenge on him for making him uncomfortable.
I clicked my tongue twice and said angrily: "I have been out for four years, but my personality has changed. I actually know how to care about your son, and you are willing to trade your life for mine? It's really surprising, but I can't bear the blame." If that’s the case, forget it, I’m responsible for all the work, so you don’t need to take the blame for me.”
My dad became even more excited: "Tell me! How did you kill them, how did you dispose of the bodies, and where were you buried!"
I was not in a hurry to speak. After a moment of silence, I waved my hand and said, "Save your energy. I just lied to you. I didn't kill anyone."
I stared at me, probably trying to see through my eyes whether I was telling the truth or a lie. After a long while, he asked, "Did you really not kill them?"
I put out the cigarette butt in my hand on the coffee table: "As you just said, you were not good to me back then. It has nothing to do with me whether you love me or not. I have to bear three lives for you. You Do you think it’s possible? I’m not a fool, Zhang Yang.”
When I said this, I also wanted to hurt my dad's heart and take this opportunity to take revenge on him.
But although I feel happy on the lips, I still feel quite uncomfortable in my heart.
I feel like I feel very complicated and conflicted at this time.
My dad's mood seemed to have calmed down a lot. He then asked me calmly: "Where are they now? They should still be in your hands."
"Well, but Hou Weidong is dead."
"Hou Weidong is dead?" My dad looked a little more nervous: "How did he die?"
After all, I had planned to leave their grievances to the previous generation to resolve, so I roughly told my dad about the three of them. Of course, I didn’t know anything about Lao Hei and Liu Hui. Say more.
After hearing this, my dad looked at me with a strange look in his eyes, as if he didn't recognize me. After a long time, he smiled and said, "My son has grown up, as if he has become a different person."
I was also curious about how he escaped from the bottom of the river, so I asked him.
My dad said that the rope was not tied very tightly at the time. After he fell into the water, he was awakened by the cold water and later escaped.
As for why he neither found three people to retaliate against them nor chose to call the police after escaping, my dad didn’t say much. He just said that he went to another place after escaping. As for where he went and what he had done these years, he still I don’t want to say more, I just said that this is his business and I won’t ask any more questions.
"Then you have no feelings for Liu Hui now?" I asked.
"Well, definitely not anymore."
"Since you are still alive, I don't plan to have anything to do with Liu Hui and Lei Zhen. I will take you to see them, and then you can handle the rest."
"Well, then you take me to see them now."
Then, my dad took out his phone and called Uncle Pili. Uncle Pili said he was waiting for us downstairs. When my dad and I went downstairs, Uncle Pili had already pulled out a car from the garage. It was A Cantonese brand car.
I wonder if my dad has been in Guangdong these past few years?
After getting in the car, under my guidance, we quickly arrived at the cellar.
I told my dad that the two of them were inside the corn stalks. There was a manhole cover inside, and under the manhole cover was a cellar. When I was done, I pointed to the ground not far away and said, "Hou Weidong was buried there after his death. Lei Zhen personally buried him there." He buried it.”
My dad looked at the place where Hou Weidong's body was buried for a moment, and then he and Uncle Pili got in.
When the two of them entered, I reminded them: "Be careful of Lei Zhen and Liu Hui collaborating to harm others. Warn that there is a key above. Take the key and open the door yourself."
Not long after the two of them got in, I heard Uncle Pili curse: "Hey, it stinks in here. Is this a place for people?"
A few minutes later, I heard Liu Hui and Lei Zhen suddenly begging for mercy from inside. Neither of them expected that my dad was actually still alive, and now he came to see them in person. They were crying and screaming. Say I'm sorry to my dad, he shouldn't have done those stupid things in the first place.
Immediately afterwards, the two of them were pulled out by my dad and Uncle Pili. After they were done, I pointed to the earthen house next to me and said, "Go there and ask questions. It should be more private inside."
When Liu Hui walked to the earthen house, she kept begging my father for mercy: "Cheng Hu, I really know that I was wrong. I have been thinking that you were dead for the past four years. Do you know how many times I dreamed about you at night? Your body is buried under the water, and I feel so regretful that I can't help but cry. It's all Lei Zhen's fault. He was the one who wanted to kill you. Fortunately, God has mercy on you and you are still alive. I'm so happy, please..."
Before Liu Hui could finish her words, Lei Zhen started scolding her. Naturally, the two of them quickly bit each other.
It stands to reason that my dad hates the two of them more than I do. When he saw the two of them, he would have been so excited that he started beating and scolding them. However, my dad always seemed to be in a very stable mood. On the contrary, Uncle Pili scolded the two of them a lot and even shouted at them. He kicked the two of them several times.
After entering the room, my dad did not beat or scold them, but asked them many questions calmly, all about the past.
After asking, he locked the two of them into the cellar again, and then asked me: "Normally no one comes to this cellar, right?"
I nodded: "Well, basically no one will come."
"Then let me handle them both. I will bring people over in a day or two, so don't get involved. When you talk to others in the future, don't say that you tied them here. Everything is the same. It doesn’t matter to you.”
"Then what are you going to do with them?" I asked.
When I asked the question, I was still muttering in my mind, my dad wouldn’t want to kill two people, right?
But when I thought about it, I thought it wouldn't be the case. After all, my dad wasn't dead, and he wasn't very excited when he saw the two of them. Killing them wouldn't be possible.
"I haven't thought about this yet, so just leave it alone."
"Fine."
On the way back, my dad asked me carefully how I tied three people here, who knew about this, etc. After that, he gave me some instructions, asking me and my brothers to Agreed, from now on just pretend this never happened.
It has nothing to do with us anyway.
The more my dad told me, the more nervous I became, always feeling like he was going to do something cruel.
After returning to the city, when he separated from me, he also told me not to call him if there was nothing important in the future.
I also asked him about his next plans, but he was unwilling to say more.
My intuition tells me that my dad probably hasn't done anything "good" outside in the past few years. Compared with four years ago, he seems to have become more cautious and his temper is different.
What I didn't expect was that a few days later, when Xiao Taoxin came to the dormitory to find Ma Tao, she told me some breaking news.
She said that Liu Hui had returned home, and Jiang Suisui happily welcomed her mother with a dinner treat at the restaurant.
