C33

Lin Qingrou looked at Ye Qingming. She wanted him to leave first, but Ye Qingming said, "What is it that you want to talk to her about?"

Xing Ruo Nan turned her face away and didn't speak.

Ye Qingming said helplessly, "I'll wait for you outside."

Lin Qingrou nodded and blocked his path.

"He's gone, you can say. Of course, if you want to talk about your old love stories, there's no need. " Lin Qingrou said.

"I didn't think he would actually be with you," Xing Ruonan said, looking at Lin Qingrou with a bit of regret in her eyes.

Lin Qingrou was confused by her words. "What do you mean?"

"Nothing, I'm a bit confused." Xing Ruonan wiped her tears away as she tried to control her emotions.

Lin Qingrou quietly waited for her to speak again. She only heard her say, "Can you not tell the Ye Family about my pregnancy?"

"But …" "Ye Qingming already knows."

"It doesn't matter, as long as we don't let Ye Qingzhi and Quan Wei know about it. I beg of you! " Xing Ruonan looked pleadingly at Lin Qingrou.

"I beg of you, please don't tell them, okay?"

Lin Qingrou calmed down and asked, "Can you give me a reason?"

It seemed as if it was difficult for Xing Ruonan to speak. Her eyes glittered, and she didn't dare to look at Lin Qingrou. However, after a while, she seemed to have made up her mind and turned to Lin Manrou, saying, "If they knew I was pregnant, it would be useless to me. "Perhaps in the end, it won't be just the child's life, but my own and my father's as well …" She seemed to be able to feel Ye Qingzhi and Quan Wei's threats. Her tone gradually weakened and she became more and more afraid to speak.

Although Lin Qingrou did not hear everything clearly, she understood most of it.

"Then have you told Ye Qingming before?"

"No, how could I dare tell him! If I say it, I'm afraid that Quan Wei will torture me to death! " Even now, endless fear and worry could be seen in Xing Ruonan's eyes.

Lin Qingrou stood up and comforted her, "Don't worry, you're safe in the hospital right now."

Xing Ruonan nodded, looking at Lin Qingrou with unease.

Lin Qingrou looked at Xing Ruonan with the same uneasy expression. She was filled with questions, but she didn't know where to start.

"So you've always had a boyfriend?" Lin Qingrou suddenly asked.

Xing Ruonan nodded.

"Even though they know you have a boyfriend, they still want to use you to get back together with Ye Qingming?"

Xing Yumiao agreed.

Lin Qingrou couldn't help but sigh in his heart. For the sake of destroying the relationship between him and Ye Qingming, Ye Qingzhi and Quan Wei had put in a lot of effort!

Ye Qingming waited outside the door for a long time. Just as he was about to knock on the door and enter, he saw Lin Qingrou walking out of the door in a trance.

"What's wrong? What did she say? "

"Nothing, but don't tell the family about her pregnancy." Lin Qingrou looked at Ye Qingming.

Ye Qingming was stunned for a moment and felt that it was ridiculous.

"Why? "If we can explain everything in time, they won't have to use her to do anything to us anymore, won't they?"

"Don't ask, just don't ask, okay?"

Lin Qingrou tried her best to persuade him, but in the end, Ye Qingming agreed not to tell anyone about it.

At this time, the sky had already turned dark. Ye Qingming looked at Lin Qingrou and said, "It's getting late, and every time I take you home, you get into a terrible situation." I can't send you home. Be careful when you go home. "

Lin Qingrou nodded. Before she left, she actually felt reluctant to part with him.

She left the hospital alone and walked down the street to her house. Now that the sky had gradually turned into autumn, the night wind had become much colder. Just a casual brush would cause a chill to run across one's skin.

Lin Qingrou hugged her arms, trying to prevent her heat from dissipating too quickly. Although her body was cold, her brain started to clear up accordingly.

Throughout the entire night, Lin Qingrou had been conflicted over two questions: How could Quan Wei like Ye Qingming, and how could Xing Ruonan's words be trusted?

She thought about what Liu Yuxi had said before. "That's why I suspect that we haven't found any trace of Xing Ruo Nan or Xing Dapeng. Could it be that they've even changed their identities?" Or maybe they don't even have ID cards and live in the city like invisible people? "

In that case, if what Xing Ruonan said was true, and Liu Yuxi had investigated her before, then nothing would be hard to explain.

However, this also meant that both Xing Yumiao and Xing Dapeng were being threatened by Ye Qingzhi and Quan Wei at the same time. She didn't dare to resist, nor did she dare to say anything. Even if it wasn't now, at the very least it had been caught by Ye Qingzhi and the others. As a result, they had no choice but to become Ye Qingzhi's puppets. They could only live in the city like ghosts.

Lin Qingrou was curious. Just what in the world made Xing Ruo Nan and her father so willing to be controlled? Was it money? If it were only money, then this reason would be a little weak. After all, Xing Ruo Nan wasn't only worried about money right now, but the lives of her, her father, and her child!

She decided that this might turn out to be an important clue. If he could learn something from Xing Ruonan, it might be of help to him.

However, what could she do to make him wary of her and tell her the truth?

At work on Monday, the child hurriedly pulled Lin Manrou to his side and said, "Recently, the director has brought up a topic. I heard that everyone is going to be interviewed."

"What topic?"

"It seems to be a discussion of questions of law. In other words, is the law a punishment motive or a punishment act? " The boy explained one by one.

As Lin Qingrou listened, she could not help but feel that this topic was very interesting and meaningful.

She could not help but say, "Director Fang is really impressive, to have come up with such a incisive topic the moment he arrived."

The little boy applauded, "Of course, I think Fang Tong is a fierce character who doesn't fear power. He's a good man!"

Lin Qingrou looked at her and laughed. "Just flatter me, you're just being righteous."

"But do you have any leads?" The child asked.

Lin Qingrou stopped what she was doing, thought for a moment, and said, "Of course."

"Who?"

"A friend." Lin Qingrou said casually.

In fact, Lin Qingrou already had a candidate in mind — the son of Grandpa Chen, Chen Shaorong.

She had recently heard that because of Chen Shaorong's good performance in prison, he was already preparing to be released from prison early. Therefore, Lin Qingrou selected him as the target of the interview.

The day that Lin Qingrou went to see Chen Shaorong, she had actually chosen the coldest afternoon of the day. Even though the sun was high in the sky, the cold wind still entered people's clothes unexpectedly, floating in the air and stubbornly refusing to disperse. The colder the corner of the street was, the more icy cold it was.

They met at a teahouse across the park. When Lin arrived, Chen Shaorong was already there.

"I'm sorry Big Brother Chen, I came late, right?" Lin Qingrou said embarrassedly.

Chen Shaorong's body was a little thin, but he was in good spirits. He was curious about the new world, and also somewhat wary of the outside world.

"It's fine, I came out of my house early. I wanted to see what the world had become like now. After all, it's been seven years. Chen Shaorong sighed.

In her hand was a picture of Chen Shaorong when she was young. She found it and handed it to him.

"This is what I wanted from Grandpa Chen. I hope you don't mind."

The Chen Shaorong in the photo was only 20 years old at the time, and he was in high spirits at that time. He would never have imagined that he would encounter such a prison in 10 years' time, and by the time he returned to the world now, his temples had already become gray, sick, and emaciated.

Chen Shaorong smiled. "My dad always told me when he saw me. It was all thanks to you that I didn't suffer so much in there. We do not know how to repay you for the kindness you have shown our family! " As he spoke, he was about to kneel down in front of Lin Qingrou. Upon seeing this, she quickly pulled him up and led him to a seat.

"Don't mention it, I will definitely help if it is possible. Besides, I've troubled Grandpa Chen quite a bit over the years to look over the cemetery for me. " Lin Qingrou explained.

Chen Shaorong sighed as he kept rubbing his hands. It was as if the mention of his life in prison still made him nervous and fearful.

Lin Qingrou placed the teacup in front of Chen Shaorong and said, "Don't worry, let's talk slowly."

"Journalist Lin, do you really believe in fairness? Do you really believe in justice? " Chen Shaorong suddenly asked with a hint of excitement.

Lin Qingrou did not know how to answer this question. Because this was something that had troubled her for a long time. Is there really justice and fairness in this world? She did not know, she only knew that not everyone in this world followed the law. Maybe they had power and influence that could be hidden from the world, just like Ye Qingcheng. But for the vast majority of people, the law is extremely binding. But are all men equal before the law?

He was afraid that no matter if it was the law or something else, there was no way for it to be absolutely fair.

Fairness and justice were forever a concept of infinite convergence.

"Fair... Relatively speaking, I'm afraid. But I like to say this: Justice may be late, but it will never be absent. " Lin Qingrou explained.

Chen Shaorong nodded, feeling somewhat disappointed. It was probably because he had heard the same words many times, but no hope could be found after hearing the same thing.

He suddenly said, "Reporter Lin, I, I want to tell you something."

Lin Qingrou nodded, indicating that he could continue whatever he wanted.

At this moment, Chen Shaorong's brows were tightly knitted. He clenched his fists, loosened them, and then kneaded them together again. His eyes wavered, his nostrils quivered, his lips were dry, and the corners of his mouth could not help but twitch.

"I …" Chen Shaorong's back was hunched over, and Weiwei's chin was trembling.

"I've never killed anyone!" His voice inexplicably rose in volume before he anxiously looked around for fear of being overheard.

Lin Qingrou knew that he had been sentenced to seven years for manslaughter. But now he said that he had never killed anyone. Was there some sort of secret?

She slipped the start button from her pocket.

"Don't be in such a hurry. Calm down first, or you can slow down a bit."

"I haven't killed anyone, I didn't kill that person! "But they are too powerful. I can't even beat them."

"Who are they?"

"They were my workmates when I was working on the construction site. Everyone looked like the same person, so how come they could frame me for their crimes!" Chen Shaorong was getting more and more agitated as he spoke. Not only was he choked with emotions, but his words were also incoherent.

"I knew it was him! They had such a poor relationship, so it was definitely him who killed them. It's all my fault for being greedy and not leaving in time when I passed by, otherwise I wouldn't have had the chance to frame me for them! "

The more Lin Manrou listened, the more confused she became. She could not help but ask urgently, "Then who do you think killed him?"

At this time, Chen Shaorong suddenly fixed his eyes on Lin Qingrou. He was in a daze for a moment as he said in panic, "I know, it's that gambling addict father of yours." Don't you dare harm me! "

Lin Qingrou was confused by his words, so she could only sigh. As she paid the bill, she kept her notebook and recording pen. It seemed that this matter had provoked Chen Shaorong quite a bit, to the point that his mental state had started to worsen.

In the end, she sent Chen Shaorong home safely. Although Lin Qingrou was still brooding over the fact that the interview didn't succeed, in comparison, she was more interested in Chen Shaorong's words.

As such, Lin Qingrou quickly hailed a taxi and rushed to the company. She hoped to see Fang Tong, tell him about this, and ask what he thought.

However, Fang Tong was not interested at all. "What is all this nonsense? Next time, if you want to come up with something big, remember to tell me everything first!" Also, this is current affairs, not entertainment gossip. Don't give me something that cannot be more fake! To put it bluntly, celebrities can sharpen their chin pads and nose to make their faces look more beautiful, but not on the news! "We must strive to be truly efficient, not to be vague and not to be dealt with!"

Fang Tong's words made Lin ManRou feel rather awkward. She felt that she was being impulsive, but it shouldn't be as bad as he said it was. After leaving his office, Lin Qingrou was in a very low mood. She didn't even hear He Zheng greet her.

He Zheng had no choice but to shake her arm.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qingrou came back to her senses, staring at her blankly.

He Zheng pointed to the door helplessly. "There is someone outside."

Lin Qingrou realized that she had been distracted for quite some time. She thanked He Zheng and hurried out of the room. He looked around and saw Ye Qingming standing outside.

Lin Qingrou asked, "Why are you here?"

Ye Qingming looked at her awkwardly. Seeing that she was fine, he finally felt relieved.

"It's okay, I'm just here to see you. Seeing that you're still well, I feel at ease. "

"What about Xing Ruonan?" he asked. "She's fine."

"She's gone. "She went back to her boyfriend."

"Really? Then, will your family be fine? "

"I did, but I tried to stall them." Anyway, it's my business, so they can't say anything. "

Ye Qingming seemed to have put down a heavy burden, as he invited Lin Qingrou, "There are no longer any obstacles, let's have a good talk."

Lin Qingrou muttered to herself for a moment. She felt that he was right, so she agreed.

"Is that what you wanted to tell me?" she asked.

Ye Qingming nodded.

Lin Manshou smiled lightly, "For that, you just need to make a phone call. Why waste your time? Is there no patient in your hospital today?"

"There was a seminar this afternoon, but I thought I should talk to you face to face, so I put it off for an hour." Ye Qingming spoke with a serious tone.

Lin Qingrou leaned against the wall as she thought about the conversation they had at the lake the day that Xing Ruonan appeared. Suddenly, she lost interest.

After she sent Ye Qingming off, she went back to her office. As she listened to the sounds of her colleagues tapping on the keyboard, she looked at the blank page of documents on her computer. Her mind couldn't help but think back to Ye Qingming and Xing Ruonan, and as she thought about it, her heart began to feel uncomfortable for no reason at all.