Jingteng Fanghua

Chapter 248 Liu Hua Explores the Truth
During the banquet, no one could tell that Liu Hua had something on his mind. As usual, he was neither humble nor overbearing. Surrounded by the leaders, he had a calm demeanor and handled things freely.And these are all thanks to his trip to the mouth of the bay during the summer vacation.

Ruili sat between Secretary Sun and the county magistrate, and Liu Hua sat on Secretary Sun's left hand.

"Liu Hua, you need to worry more about Ms. Ruili's project. Our side will hurry up after the Spring Festival." Sun Zhengxin, a senior county official, was talking to Liu Hua in a low voice.

"I understand, Secretary Sun, don't worry!" Liu Hua replied with a nod.

"How do I see that you seem to have something on your mind? Are you reluctant to let Miss Ruili go? Hehe!" Sun Zhengxin turned sideways and joked with Liu Hua in a low voice.

"Secretary Sun, Ms. Ruili is my friend. It's normal for friends to worry about each other!" Liu Hua followed Secretary Sun's words.But his eyes did not look at Ruili.

Ruili looked at the smiling Liu Hua and thought, "The relationship between him and Li Ting shouldn't be as bad as I thought, right?"

During today's banquet, Liu Hua didn't see Li Tianyi, which made him feel a little strange.He whispered to Secretary Sun Zhengxin next to him: "Why didn't Director Li from the Public Security Bureau come?"

"Oh, there seems to be something wrong with Mr. Li's family, so he asked me for leave!" Sun Zhengxin laughed.

"What could happen to the Chief of Public Security's house?" Liu Hua's heart skipped a beat, and he thought of Li Ting and Feng Liming's engagement.

"I don't know, but his tone on the phone seems to be related to his daughter." Sun Zhengxin said.

"His daughter? Did something happen to Li Ting?" Liu Hua asked hastily as his body trembled.

"Do you know Director Li's daughter?" Sun Zhengxin asked.

"We are classmates in high school!" Liu Hua didn't mention the different classes, because he didn't think it was necessary to explain too much to Secretary Sun.

"Oh, that's it!" Sun Zhengxin nodded.

"Secretary Sun, can you ask Secretary Duan to call Director Li's house and ask what happened to my classmate's house?" Liu Huaqiang said holding back his panic.

"It's right to care about Director Li's family. I'll ask Secretary Duan to ask." Sun Zhengxin nodded to Secretary Duan who was sitting opposite, and Secretary Duan got up and walked over.

"Secretary Duan, call Director Li Tianyi's house and say hello, and see if he needs help with anything? Ask politely."

"Yes, Secretary Sun." Secretary Duan turned around and left.

Liu Hua's heart was hanging in the air, and his eyes were always on the door of the restaurant.

Ruili saw Liu Hua kept looking at the entrance of the restaurant, knowing that he was worried about Li Ting, so she silently made the cross in her heart, hoping that nothing unexpected would happen to Li Ting's house tonight.

Ten minutes later, Secretary Duan came back. He walked up to Secretary Sun and said, "Secretary Sun, I made two consecutive phone calls to Director Li's house, but no one answered at his house."

"Oh, I see." Sun Zhengxin waved his hand to let Secretary Duan continue to eat.

"Secretary Sun, can something really happen?" Liu Hua felt uneasy.

"Probably not. Otherwise, Secretary Feng wouldn't be here tonight. The two of them come and go often." Sun Zhengxin looked at a middle-aged man opposite him.

It was through Secretary Sun Zhengxin's introduction this evening that Liu Hua knew that the smiling middle-aged man sitting across from him was Feng Liming's father, Feng Zeyang.

"I noticed that you seem to be particularly worried about Director Li's daughter?" Sun Zhengxin ate his food, squinting at Liu Hua.

"Cough, cough, Secretary Sun, isn't it normal for classmates to care about each other?" Liu Hua choked on his own saliva.

"Cut, you young people can hide from me, an old man, with your little thoughtfulness?" Sun Zhengxin said disdainfully.

Liu Hua blushed, and quickly picked up the water cup and took a sip of tea.

Being ridiculed by Secretary Sun, Liu Hua's nervousness eased a lot. Now he is looking forward to the early end of the banquet so that he can go to the door of Li Ting's house to see if there is really something wrong with Li Ting!
What Ruili didn't expect was that Liu Hua didn't even look at her all night.For the first time, she felt the stubborn and terrifying side of Liu Hua's character.

She used to think that Liu Hua had a gentle personality, was humble and caring, would never get angry with her under any circumstances, and was a real gentleman.

But she now knew she was wrong, and it was a big mistake!Liu Hua has character, and she will not be willful just because she is a woman!
In the past, Liu Hua was modest when things happened because she didn't interfere with his life.Now Liu Hua looks very unhappy, and she doesn't even want to look at her more, which makes her feel guilty and panic in her heart.

This is the first time Ruili has been hurt emotionally since she grew up. This is something she has never experienced in her life.But the one who hurt her was her savior, the man she liked the most now, and the man she couldn't let go of under any circumstances.

Ruili is very sad and wronged!But her good upbringing and first-class diplomatic skills allowed her to finish the farewell dinner quietly with a glass of wine.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, Liu Hua followed Feng Zeyang like a ghost into the family courtyard of the Public Security Bureau.

Because it was too cold, there was no one in the yard, and the doors and windows of every house were closed, but there were lights in every window, and voices from the family building could be vaguely heard.

As the Spring Festival approaches, every family is making preparations for the New Year, and they are busy until midnight at night. This situation will continue until the first day of the new year.

Liu Hua watched Feng Zeyang go all the way to the small courtyard next to Li Ting's house before turning into the road.

"So Feng Liming and Li Ting live in the same row!"

After Liu Hua heard the sound of opening and closing the door, he walked over slowly, and found that the lights were on in the first single courtyard, and there were voices of talking. He concluded that Feng Liming's house was the first one in the east, and Li Ting's house, which was the first one in the west. It happens to be on both sides.

Liu Hua walked to the gate of Li Ting's small courtyard in the innermost part, and found that the whole house was pitch-dark without any light.He bent down and looked in through the crack of the door. The whole yard was pitch black and there was no sound at all. It seemed that there was no one at home.Because dinner has just been eaten at this point, it is impossible for the whole family to turn off the lights and fall asleep.

"There will be no lights at home during this time period. Where did this family go at night? No wonder no one answered the call from Secretary Duan at home just now!"

Thinking in his heart, Liu Hua turned his head and looked around. Under the moonlight, he found a big tree near the wall in the innermost southwest corner, and part of the branches of the tree stretched into the small courtyard.

Seeing no one around, Liu Hua hugged the tree trunk and rubbed against it for a few times before going up, riding on a leafless branch, leaning against the tree trunk and quietly waiting for Li Ting's family to come back.

Time passed by, and the cold of the winter night slowly soaked through Liu Hua's cotton-padded clothes. He put his hands in the armholes and stared at the end of the road.

Every house is brightly lit, and there are occasional people walking around in the compound, but most of the time there is no one.

Liu Hua couldn't stand the cold anymore, so he slipped down the tree and began to practice Tai Chi under the tree. After doing the 54 moves once, his body warmed up.

Liu Hua didn't know what time it was, he could not help but look up at the sky.

On a quiet winter night, dots of competing stars are inlaid on the far-reaching and boundless sky, which is the season with the most bright stars throughout the year.

Liu Hua counted the brightest stars in the sky, and thought of what happened when he was a child.

The people in the mountains feel that the winter night is long and difficult. After discussing with the captains of several surrounding villages, they invited a young man who speaks Shandong Kuaishu. One village invited ten days and a half months, and several villages invited enough for one story. It's over.

He likes listening to books the most, so at this time, he would follow his grandfather, chasing storytellers from village to village, such as the battle in Shanghai, an embroidered shoe and so on.

When I went, I ran with my grandfather, and when I came back, I basically counted the stars on my grandfather's back, and fell asleep after counting.

Because of this, he knows that the stars in the winter night are the brightest and most beautiful.

A jeep drove into the family courtyard. Liu Hua looked towards the intersection and saw two beams of light appearing on the middle road.

Liu Hua quickly jumped up the tree, trying to shrink his body behind the trunk.He watched the headlights turn into the road of the detached courtyard, and his heart started beating wildly.

(End of this chapter)