Chapter 179: He said goodbye

The sequence of events, as deduced from the clues so far, is as follows

Shortly after Qingcheng Xie's parents meet Rong Wei at the Yanzhou clubhouse while investigating a case, Ping Xie and Muying Zhou are both demoted again, and then killed when a van spontaneously combusts during their daily outing.

A week after Mr. and Mrs. Xie's death, Rong Wei, a newlywed, also died, also in a car accident.

Qingcheng Xie checked the remarriage of Rong Wei's husband, Sheng Meng, six months after the woman's death. This timing is also very interesting, under normal circumstances, if a person's new spouse died, the living one would have to remarry, at least after three to five years.

There are only three reasons why people rush to marry their new wives just after their wives die.

First, the wife has not died before the new love hooked up, dead just so the mistress on the top.

Secondly, the family still has a very backward custom of "wedding ceremony".

Third, there is no affection between the couple.

The third type of marriage is the most common among the great families, but Sheng Meng married another woman less than six months after Rong Wei's tragic and accidental death, an act that would have offended Rong Wei's mother's family.

However, the strange thing is that the relationship between the Meng and Wei families is not affected too much by this, as usual, the cooperation and cooperation, the walk around, as if the Wei family does not blame Sheng Meng for this behavior.

At this point in the investigation, it is again mired in fog.

However, behind the woman named Rong Wei, there must be a valuable clue that can solve the murder of his parents. There is no doubt about it.

At the same time Qingcheng Xie was slightly relieved - he had always thought that his parents had met the mastermind, but now it seems that his parents may have met the victim, and since Rong Wei was probably also the victim, the conspiracy may not have involved Xue Xie's in-laws.

He can continue to explore further along this path.

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When the summer heat arrived, Qingcheng Xie took some time out of her busy schedule to cook a pot of rice with peas and ham.

Because he restarted the case investigation, and at the same time, he had to race to finish the writings for the old Qin, two major events on him, even if he relied on RN-13 to re-stimulate his first emperor ability, maintaining a mental agility far beyond normal, but also inevitably feel a lot of fatigue.

"Eating ham and peas with rice in the summer is the best way to replenish your strength and brain power."

This is what Muying Zhou told him when he was a child, and although there is no scientific basis for it, sometimes the psychological comfort is far more important than the scientific basis.

The Northeast rice is washed, diced sausage and salted meat are added and simmered in the kettle together, a very simple summer dish that is fragrant and soft in the mouth.

It was the first time Qingcheng Xie cooked a pot of peas and rice, but he was the only one who ate it.

"...... overcooked."

He looked at the pot full of rice and wanted to call Xue Xie , but finally put the phone down and sighed.

By the afternoon, Er Wei brother called Qingcheng Xie, saying that the police had given the final results of the investigation into the poisoning of the Wei family's wedding lodge.

"It's fucking outrageous, they've identified high concentrations of hallucinogens and hallucinogens in the remaining ashes, and there's no doubt that someone is deliberately messing with them, but the waitress has been repeatedly arraigned for over a month, and she hasn't provided any meaningful clues." Er Wei said, "She's so good at it, the spies' mouths are not as tight as hers."

Qingcheng Xie suddenly asked, "Does she have nosebleeds?"

"No." Er Wei wondered, "Why do you ask that?"

Qingcheng Xie said, "...... is nothing."

Although Huang Zhilong company has been even pot, but "listening to the water" the core secret is still in the hands of only a few people, the existence of this chemical products once completely announced, the consequences are likely to be unimaginable.

Mayu later carefully studied, the new version of listening to water and RN-13 although there are many similarities, but listening to the water's power and side effects are far lower than RN-13, it is only temporary effect on the human body, it seems that it is not easy to cause a serious disease like mental Bola Ai.

However, it may still cause varying degrees of harm to the user.

For example, depression, bipolar disorder, paranoia ...... Some people with severe reactions can also be like Xue Xie, coma, drowsiness and other phenomena. The main criterion for determining whether or not listening to the water will bring similar damage to the victim is to see if the symptoms of intermittent nosebleeds occur within two months, after the MeiYu study.

If so, you must receive treatment.

If not, then the listening water did not cause harm to this case individual and no near intervention was needed.

"But the He family is also odd." Er Wei said on the other end of the phone. Er Wei said on the other end of the phone, "This thing has their eldest son involved, but they are in this more than a month, the progress of the police investigation does not care, do not even show up, as if not much interest."

Qingcheng Xie : "...... probably they feel that the original target of the poisoner is not Yu He , and it is not the He family that they want to assassinate."

"That's still too much of a disgrace." Er Wei has a lot of dissatisfaction in her tone, "At least it's their child that's in trouble, right? I've heard before that the He family is notorious for favoring, and that the parents only have eyes for the little one, and I didn't really believe it, but this time I've seen it."

Qingcheng Xie did not comment on this, asking only, "What was the final outcome of the investigation?"

"The drug powder is not seen in China, but in The Golden Triangle, there was a seizure by the narcotics police along with the drugs/products. Er Wei said, "foreign, it is difficult to trace, but the other party to our Wei head, I will certainly follow the vine to investigate the matter outside the water. You can rest assured. We, the Wei family, are not that easy to bully, nor will we be like the He family, who don't even care about their own relatives."

"...... Thank you."

Er Wei the army gangster snapped his fingers and laughed, "You're welcome, it's family."

After hanging up the phone, Qingcheng Xie couldn't help but frown slightly.

Judging from his confrontation with Zhishu Lv at the time, Zhishu Lv was very concerned about her family's reputation, but why did she then stop following the case altogether?

Also, what about Jiwei He? Why he also did not bother ...... in Qingcheng Xie impression, Jiwei He is not such a person, he at least for Yu He is left a little bit of concern.

However, he is now completely broken with the He family, these doubts, no one can answer for him.

In the late afternoon, Qingcheng Xie had just finished heating up the peas and rice and was ready to have dinner and then go back to work.

I didn't expect the rice cooker to be turned on, but there was a hesitant knock on the door from outside.

Qingcheng Xie opened the door and was slightly surprised.

"...... Man Chen ."

Standing in the doorway was Yan Chen, whom he hadn't seen since the wedding banquet.

Man Chen later apologized with him, messages were sent, phone calls were made, Qingcheng Xie did not say much, meaning that the past is the past, such a ridiculous thing, from now on, as if it never happened, so as not to embarrass each other.

Man Chen wanted to see Qingcheng Xie several times, but was rejected by Qingcheng Xie, who knew he would come directly to the door today.

"He handed Qingcheng Xie a stack of gift boxes he had brought with him before saying, "Can I come in and sit down? ?"

"......"

People are here, it is not appropriate to let people eat the closed door, Qingcheng Xie so open the door, side by side.

When Man Chen entered the house, Qingcheng Xie did not close the door, but left it open so that the surrounding neighbors could see what was going on inside his house.

The atmosphere between them was once as natural as that of blood brothers, but now it is stiff to the point of being unspeakable.

A long silence.

Finally, Qingcheng Xie started: "Have you eaten yet?"

"Not yet, not yet ......"

Qingcheng Xie turned around and added another set of chopsticks, served an extra bowl of rice with peas and salted pork, and said to Man Chen, "Sit down and eat first. If you have anything to do, you can talk about it while you eat."

During this process, he never looked Man Chen in the eye.

Man Chen also ate Qingcheng Xie's pea rice when he was a child. It was the second year of summer after his brother left, he came to Qingcheng Xie's house and asked Qingcheng Xie to teach him his homework, Qingcheng Xie patiently sorted out all the knowledge points with him, and when it was time to start the meal, he greeted Man Chen and Xue Xie Chen and Xue Xie went to the courtyard of Rainy Lane, and the three of them ate rice with peas and drank watermelon juice under the white orchid tree ......

Now when I think about it, it's like a dream.

"Brother Xie, I actually came today to apologize to you. That day in the lodge, I-"

Qingcheng Xie interrupted him, "You have already sent me a message, called, this matter, you do not need to say more in the future."

Man Chen looked at the man sitting across from him and insisted, "No, brother, please let me finish this time. Because ...... because I will be leaving Huzhou soon."

Qingcheng Xie's hand, which was about to take chopsticks to eat, stopped, and for the first time, his eyes fell on Man Chen's face.

He saw the youth's face that had lost a good deal of weight.

"......"

"I'll be leaving Huzhou soon." Man Chen said again, his voice seemingly watery.

Qingcheng Xie : "...... go to Yanzhou ?"

Man Chen shook his head: " Hiroshima."

"Where to go for what."

Man Chen hung his head, after a while, he raised his eyes, his expression sad and determined: "I applied for a transfer. Hiroshima immigration personnel, criminal investigation in the past two years has been some shortage of people, I applied for a transfer to go there as a front-line criminal police. ...... has received the transfer notice, the day after tomorrow, I have to leave."

Qingcheng Xie : "............"

The fan in the house swings its head and the subtle humming sound becomes the only source of sound in the house.

Qingcheng Xie snapped the dishes down and got up with a stern voice: " Yan Chen, what the hell do you want? Are you crazy?"

Man Chen bowed his head and said nothing.

Qingcheng Xie: "Don't you know that the most dangerous positions are missing over there? The missions they take are second only to The Golden Triangle border in terms of death and injury rate? You go to Hiroshima as a first-line detective with a mind like yours? Why don't you just find a tree and hang yourself!"

Man Chen's face turned red and there seemed to be tears in his eyes.

Qingcheng Xie was still not enough and said angrily: "Why are you crying? Your brother should be crying! Your parents and your grandfather should be crying! I'm asking you, isn't it good to be alive? What are you trying to do, huh? You're a hairless little brat, why do you want to fucking kill yourself! Do you think you're a hero?"

"My brother back then also-"

"Your brother is your brother! You are you! Your brother was the first to graduate from the police academy that year and he was killed! And his contemporaries, his comrades, also a disciple of my parents, also one of the top grades, later also died! And you? You should have stayed in the police station, what's wrong with the police station? What's wrong with a police station? What's wrong with a police force?"

"No." Man Chen was scolded by his head and finally retorted with a trembling voice, his eyes shining with a radical light, "No, brother. I don't think there's anything wrong with the police, but I know I'm in Huzhou, I'm under the care of you and my parents and grandpa, and I'll always be just an overgrown child. You care about me, but no one can look up to me ...... even I can't look up to myself!"

"......"

"That day in the hotel, I completely lost my mind and judgment, if I was mature enough, I couldn't have done something like that. I should not have said such excessive and hurtful words to you." Man Chen wiped away his tears and got up and said to Qingcheng Xie, "Brother Xie, I'm sorry. You have believed in me for so many years, you have treated me well for so many years, and yet I hurt you like that. I feel that I have let down all your expectations and care for me."

He wiped his tears, but his eyes were still red: "I don't know, what is going on between you and Yu He, but I know that no matter what you have done, Xie, you are the one who is very, very good, and the hidden truth behind this I may not deserve to know, but I should go and believe in you, just like you believe in me."

"......"

"Maybe that's the only way you'll be willing to really look at me."

Qingcheng Xie raised his hand to his forehead, his heart like fire: " Man Chen ...... I look at you or not, it is not a matter of whether you become mature or not, but I simply do not like you, I do not like male ...... "

"You don't like men, so why are you with Yu He?" Man Chen interrupted him.

Qingcheng Xie : "I ......"

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

He waited for an answer and couldn't wait.

And he wanted an answer, but couldn't think of one.

The final word is dumb.

Man Chen heart like a knife: "Xie brother ...... when you look at him ...... eyes and look at me is different ...... I'm too stupid, so long Since then, I have not found, until later recalled the past, I realized ...... he in your eyes has been more than just a protected, you look at him ...... you ...... in school, in the hotel, the look you give him when you look at him, are different from when you look at me ......"

Qingcheng Xie didn't know anything about it - could it be true?

Man Chen choked out, "I know, I know you don't like me. I'm too childish, I'm not smart enough ...... but I also want to grow, I want to become different from before, I don't want me to look back at my life when I'm eighty years old and live it so woefully and badly. No opinion, always like a child."

Qingcheng Xie closed his eyes: "...... this matter your parents, your grandfather clear?"

"They just found out yesterday."

"...... You're not opinionated." Qingcheng Xie gritted his back teeth, angry and worried, he still cared about Man Chen, "- you're so fucking opinionated, Yan Chen, you're so opinionated! You're so willful that you're uncontrollable! I used to think that you, Yu He, Xue Xie, of the three, you will not let me down the most. Now it seems that I was so wrong!"

Man Chen : "I'm not trying to be capricious, I just want ...... I just want to be different."

"......"

"I just want to sharpen myself up and stop being treated like a protected object by all of you."

"......"

"I just ...... I just think, brother Xie, if I grow up, maybe one day ...... maybe ...... there will be that day when you'll be able to --"

He didn't finish.

Because Qingcheng Xie wouldn't let him finish the second half of his sentence.

Qingcheng Xie already said, "I won't like you, Man Chen. I'm your elder."

Man Chen was silent for a long time: "What about Yu He?"

"...... He's not the same."

"......"

"There are too many things that happened between him and me to explain to anyone." Qingcheng Xie has never admitted his feelings in front of Yu He, but in this moment, he said this in front of Man Chen, "But Yu He is different. There is no second person who can replace him."

After a pause, he continued, "If you took this risk and went to Hiroshima as a detective for my sake, then there was absolutely no need for you to go through with it."

Man Chen looked at him in a daze, and once again tears came to his eyes.

He raised his hand sharply, covering his eyes, and half a moment later, he said hoarsely, "...... I'm not doing it for you, Xie."

"......"

"I am for that I can stand before you." Man Chen hissed, "On an equal footing."

After saying that, he bowed to Qingcheng Xie and, unable to bear the sadness in his heart any longer, turned around and ran out of the door.

Man Chen did not touch the bowl of peas and rice, which was similar to his childhood, and it was already cold.

Qingcheng Xie slowly sat down, his expression hidden in the falling forehead hair, no one can see, his eyes actually what kind of look.

After a while, he suddenly got up, emotional outbursts suddenly overturned the table, the table's food fell to the ground with a clatter, he gasped, and finally held his forehead, sliding decadently to sit on the ground ......

He fished out a cigarette and lit it with a trembling hand.

The taste of blood rushed to his chest, Qingcheng Xie coughed heavily, cursed and threw the cigarette on the ground again - the mess, as if in mockery of his life.

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At the same time, there was a huge secret going on at He Mansion -

"...... sorry for trying so hard for so many days, this time is really back ...... please ...... condolences to everyone. "

The emergency doctors who arrived did not put the person in bed on a stretcher, they made a judgment on the spot - the patient, who had been dead for many hours, had no body temperature.

White cloth slowly masked, covering the face of the dead.

The villa was as silent as the grave.