Liang Zhe waited in the tea garden for more than an hour before Deng Zhongquan arrived.
"Sorry, I had an impromptu meeting and was delayed." Deng Zhongquan said, "I didn't expect you to come so quickly."
"If you have anything to do, just tell me." Liang Zhe didn't want to say hello, and he didn't have the patience to say so.
"Liang Zhe, let me ask you a question first. Just answer it honestly." Deng Zhongquan looked solemn.
"You ask." Liang Zhe and Deng Zhongquan looked at each other.
"Do you still consider me a good friend?" Deng Zhongquan asked.
Liang Zhe hesitated. If Yang Yang hadn't disappeared, he would have regarded Deng Zhongquan as one of his best friends. Even if Yang Yang disappeared, Deng Zhongquan's friendship with him had not weakened in the past five years. He knew that Deng Zhongquan had secretly helped him. He was less busy and helped him with several sums of money. He could not remember the specific amount. During the recent period, Deng Zhongquan's behavior also made him feel the warmth of friendship. Although Pang Yi hurt him a lot, people There is still a difference between them. Just because Pang Yi is one person, the existence of all friendships cannot be denied.
"I don't know if you have anything to do with Yangyang's disappearance -" Liang Zhe paused for a moment and then said, "Actually, I have always doubted you. I always felt that you were not telling the truth. Of course, I not only doubted you, I doubted everything. People, maybe this is a disease, but once you have doubts, it is difficult for any emotion to be pure."
"I understand." Deng Zhongquan nodded slowly, "No matter what, I have always regarded you as a friend. In addition, I swear that I have nothing to do with Yangyang's disappearance, but it is probably difficult for our relationship to be what it used to be. I'll tell you the truth. , I’m very sad. From college to now, apart from you and Pang Yi, I have no other friends in life. Among them, you are the one I cherish the most. Sure enough, when people reach middle age, they will no longer have good friends. ”
Deng Zhongquan let out a long sigh, as if he was very sorry.
Liang Zhe observed Deng Zhongquan silently.
"This is a trial period contract." Deng Zhongquan took out a document from his wallet and put it on the table. "My partner has opened a new company and is recruiting experienced accountants. I immediately thought of You, your professional field is very suitable for you, so I will ask the partner to keep the position for you first. The salary will be about the same as before you left. If you want to go, just come to the company with the contract within a week. If you don’t want to go, you can also It doesn't matter."
Deng Zhongquan poured a cup of tea for himself and another cup for Liang Zhe.
Liang Zhe looked at the documents on the table and then at Deng Zhongquan. His brows twitched and he felt a little moved in his heart. He understood what Deng Zhongquan meant. In the past few years, Deng Zhongquan had introduced several people to him. He rejected all the jobs, but they didn't come to him directly with the contract like today.
"Work will not delay your search for Yangyang, it may be a help." Deng Zhongquan took a sip of tea, "You have done everything you can, you have not sorry Yangyang, you can't take your own life. What if Yangyang comes back one day and finds you are gone, how should he face it?"
Liang Zhe cast his gaze under the table, saw his shoes covered with mud, and saw the dust left on the wooden floor due to his arrival. He heard a voice in his heart saying, after five years, it's almost time to stop. Once it stopped, there was still a voice saying that once you stop, you can't start again.
"I appreciate your kindness." Liang Zhe raised his head and looked at Deng Zhongquan, "I hope that after we find Yangyang, we can still be friends. I cherish my friendship with you, but I still have a lot of things to accomplish."
"Just keep the contract." Deng Zhongquan looked lonely, "Just think of it as giving yourself a chance."
"Okay." Liang Zhe put the contract away, stood up and walked out.
As soon as he left the private room, his wife sent a text: Do you still doubt him?
Liang Zhe hesitated slightly and whispered: "Doubtful."
My wife sent a text: Then you go home first, and I will follow him to see the situation. You can pick me up at his house tomorrow morning.
After Deng Zhongquan drank a pot of tea, he left the tea garden.
When he arrived at the gate of the community, a man wearing a black baseball cap and a mask blocked the car. He parked the car on the side of the road and rolled down the window. Only when the man walked to the car did he recognize that it was a woman.
"Five years ago, Feng Guang and I stayed at your house for a few days." The woman pulled down half of her mask, "Do you still know me?"
Feng Guang was Feng Yuan's younger brother. Deng Zhongquan observed the woman's face and vaguely remembered.
"Do you know why he ran away five years ago and never came back?" The woman put her mask back on.
"I haven't seen him in several years, what do you want to say?" Deng Zhongquan sounded impatient.
"Because he did something bad five years ago and didn't dare to come back. Five years ago, your family was on an outing in the mountains of Linshi. Did a child go missing? The missing child was related to him."
Before Deng Zhongquan could figure out what was going on, the woman moved her face forward and lowered her voice and said, "If you don't give me money, I will tell his story and put him in jail."
Several thoughts quickly passed through Deng Zhongquan's mind. He stared into the woman's eyes and said, "Our whole family has long disowned him. You can do whatever you want." He drove forward and saw through the rearview mirror The woman stood there and looked at him. He thought for a while, reversed the car, and said to the woman in a serious tone: "You are extorting and committing a crime. Do you understand? If there is a next time, I will not hesitate to call the police. Don't let this happen again." I see you."
Just as the woman was about to speak, Deng Zhongquan stepped on the accelerator and drove into the community.
Deng Zhongquan smoked a cigarette in the parking lot, thought about the woman's words several times, and analyzed the biggest possibility: the woman and Feng Guang teamed up to defraud him of his money. Feng Guang is capable of doing this kind of thing. He directed and acted in a car accident and was blackmailed many years ago. But the timing this time was chosen very cleverly. After Liang Zhegang found out that Yang Yang was pushed into the pit by Pang Jinjin, maybe Feng Guang has come back and knows about this secretly, but the method is too clumsy. Besides, he doesn't care about Feng Guang's life or death at all, and Feng Yuan doesn't care at all. He snorted coldly, walked toward the elevator, and said to himself: "If you dare to come back, I can send you to prison, but I'm afraid you don't dare."
At ten o'clock in the evening, Liang Zhe received a call from a strange woman, claiming to have clues about Yangyang's disappearance.
Liang Zhe was not surprised by this kind of thing. In the first two years after Yangyang's disappearance, he posted missing persons notices everywhere, promising heavy rewards for anyone who provided clues. He received many such calls. After verification, they were all fake. Later, he Not posted anymore.
"There is evidence in the cave," the woman said. "I know where it is."
Liang Zhe was excited when he heard about the cave, but quickly calmed down. The media had reported that it was not unusual to know about the cave.
"Give me the money," the woman said, "and I'll tell you the exact location."
Liang Zhe was a little disappointed, thinking that the woman was most likely a liar, and only liars would be eager to ask for money.
"I want one hundred thousand," the woman said. "This clue is definitely worth the money."
Liang Zhe thought to himself, how dare you ask for it, not to mention that he didn't have one hundred thousand at all, and even if he did, he wouldn't be able to give it to him.
He hung up the phone, and the woman called immediately, but he didn't answer. He was basically sure that the woman was a liar. Then the woman sent a text message: You don't believe it, right? I will make you believe it, and then you will beg me.
