Fallen

Chapter 14
On a weekday afternoon in late summer, this long-lost cafe is sparsely populated, and Kelly King's saxophone permeates the air as always, soft and gentle.

Ye Yinfeng raised his head, the glaring sunlight shot into the dark room through the gaps in the curtains, making everything seem so unreal.

There are footsteps from far and near.Ye Yinfeng turned his face away, it was indeed the person he was waiting for.

Li Ran was dressed casually, and was walking towards him under the leadership of the waiter. Ye Yinfeng watched him walk in front of him.

"Mr. Ye, long time no see!" Li Ran stretched out his hand to him.

Ye Yinfeng didn't go up to him and shook hands with him, pointing to the seat opposite: "Please sit down."

Li Ran shrugged and sat down without hesitation: "When was the last time we met? Two years, three years... three and a half years ago, did I calculate correctly?"

Ye Yinfeng didn't want to reminisce about the old days with him, so he cut to the chase and said, "You invited me here, so you must have a clue about what I want you to investigate?"

Li Ran still had a foolish look on his face, but he nodded immediately when he heard the words.

Ye Yinfeng doesn't like to deal with people with hippie smiles, Li Ran is an exception, he is a family who makes a living by buying and selling information in the gray area, usually hidden in the crowd, cynicism is just an appearance, like the protective color of many animals.

Three years ago, Ye Yinfeng approached Li Ran to investigate for business reasons, and the logical and rigorous investigation results given by the latter left a deep impression on him.

"Boss Ye has any orders in the future, just come to me, I will take care of both public and private matters."

Ye Yinfeng did not expect that his casual closing remarks would pave the way for today's meeting.

As soon as he turned to the topic, Li Ran's ruffian-like smile disappeared completely. Against the backdrop of the dim light, he looked extraordinarily professional and mysterious.

Ye Yinfeng listened to him silently about the results of the investigation, which was a tormenting process for him, and he had to drink coffee to cover up his agitation.

"Mr. Ye Xiaoxiang was drinking alone at home on the night of the accident. Qiu Wenxuan took the child to the mall. When Qiu Wenxuan returned home, he was unconscious. Qiu Wenxuan immediately called 120 to send him to the hospital for emergency treatment, but apparently nothing happened. It was used. Afterwards, the police found some kind of rodenticide in the wine bottle that Ye Xiaoxiang had drunk. After investigation, it was found that he personally bought the rodenticide in a grocery store a week before his death."

Ye Yinfeng couldn't get any frightening information from Li Ran's statement, Xiaoxiang may still have committed suicide.

Sure enough, Li Ran continued: "Before his death, Ye Xiaoxiang was in debt, had a history of drinking, and there was no trace of a fight at the scene. The Lanxi Public Security Bureau naturally closed the case on the grounds of suicide."

"He is in debt," Ye Yinfeng slowly chewed on Li Ran's words, "But as a wife, Qiu Wenxuan still takes the children out shopping?"

"That's it!" Li Ran raised her eyebrows, "Qiu Wenxuan's records said she didn't know about her husband's debts."

"Do you think it's believable?"

Li Ran shrugged: "Anyway, the case is closed like this, and there are no flaws from the contents of the case file."

Ye Yinfeng was silent for a moment, then Fang said: "So, your investigation result is that everything is normal?"

Li Ran laughed: "If I come to you with this result, will you pay me? No, of course I can't stop here."

"What's new, let's hear it."

Li Ran smiled: "Mr. Ye, there is a question I want to confirm with you first. When you pay Ye Xiaoxiang's debt, do you send the money directly to the creditor or..."

"No," Ye Yinfeng shook his head, "I will transfer it to Qiu Wenxuan first, and then she will be responsible for handling those debts."

"That's right!" Li Ran's eyes sparkled, "The problem I discovered lies in these three debts."

Ye Yinfeng looked at him knowingly, and the latter took out several documents from the folder and explained them one by one.

"Ye Xiaoxiang has three debts in total. Under the lobbying of his friend Zhao, he spent 30 yuan to speculate in funds. He thought he would make a safe profit, so he promised to spend 70 yuan in a joint development project with Tiancheng Company and signed a written agreement with the other party. , as a result, the fund lost only a fraction. Although the two investments failed, at least they were real, and the third—”

Li Ran pushed an agreement to Ye Yinfeng: "The language of this agreement is well-organized, and the project description is also very attractive. According to the agreement, Ye Xiaoxiang needs to invest 90 yuan for this investment, but in fact, it is a A fictitious contract."

Ye Yinfeng frowned and picked up the document to examine it carefully.

"I have checked that Party B in this contract is a gangster with a very complicated background. There is a leather bag company. It is called trading in the name, but in fact it does not do any specific business at all. It specializes in pimping people."

Ye Yinfeng shook the agreement in his hand: "How can you be sure that this project is just a dead letter?"

Li Ran smiled: "It's not easy. I spent some money to ask the person who signed the contract to explain to me, and he told me everything. The contract was also bought from him with money. He didn't know who the buyer was. , but the middleman is a close buddy of his second brother. If this guy knows that the buyer got the above 90 through this contract, he will be jealous to death."

Ye Yinfeng lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "The buyer is...Qiu Wenxuan?"

"This conclusion is not difficult to draw."

"Why would she forge such a thing?"

"Maybe she thinks that a debt of 100 million is not enough for a person to seek death, so she adds more weight. Another possibility," Li Ran looked at him, "she already knew who you are, and knocked on the phone at this time. A sum to make plans for the future."

Ye Yinfeng murmured: "Was the fake agreement prepared before Xiaoxiang's accident or..."

"According to my investigation, it was prepared in advance."

"Then..." Ye Yinfeng suddenly shuddered, "She had hoped that Xiaoxiang would die a long time ago."

Li Ran nudged her lips and remained silent.

"In that case, why didn't the police investigate?"

"The police only care about the cause of Ye Xiaoxiang's death. As long as there is no doubt about the suicide, the case can be closed. As for whether the content of this agreement is true or not, unless Qiu Wenxuan reports the case or the police finds that Ye Xiaoxiang's death has other reasons, otherwise the case will not be opened for investigation. Obviously, it is impossible for Qiu Wenxuan to report the crime."

Ye Yinfeng seemed to hear Wen Xuan's voice when she called for the first time, so helpless and pitiful.

She also mentioned Xiaoxiang's debts on the phone. At that time, he had doubts because he was not familiar with her and the company's financial situation was not good, but he still promised to find a way, and immediately called 30.

The second time he received a call from Wen Xuan was a month after that, but it was not Wen Xuan herself, but the lawyer she hired. The lawyer's clear analysis made Ye Yinfeng realize that Mai Xin no longer belonged to him, and Wen Xuan Xuan is its new owner, and when he was disheartened, he followed Wen Xuan's request.

Later, Wen Xuan came in person, for her company and her money.

From the beginning to the end, Wen Xuan came here for that asset, including capturing herself, and he was so stupid, thinking that he would meet true love, and would go to meet him like a moth flying to a flame.

The truth suddenly became clear, Ye Yinfeng had a severe headache and had to lower his head, rubbing his temples vigorously with both hands.

"It is necessary to mention the middleman who helped Qiu Wenxuan make a fake contract." Li Ran's voice sounded very far away from the opposite side, "His name is Chen Zhiping. He lived with Qiu Wenxuan for several years and gave birth to a daughter."

Ye Yinfeng stopped, and raised his head suddenly: "You mean, Chen Zhiping is Qiu Xuedong's father?"

"That's right. Three years ago, Chen Zhiping was imprisoned for the crime of intentional wounding. Qiu Wenxuan took the opportunity to take her daughter to leave Meiling and go to Lanxi to develop. However, she and Chen Zhiping have always been inseparable and visit the prison regularly. After all, they have a child. One Half a month ago, Chen Zhiping was released from prison, and he came to Sanjiang without much delay, but unfortunately, not long ago, he died in a car accident."

Ye Yinfeng hadn't recovered from the shock, and asked after a while: "What do you think of his death?"

"It seems to be a very common traffic accident. However, according to my investigation, Chen Zhiping had made a long call with his mobile phone in the bar before the accident, but after the accident, his mobile phone disappeared."

He pushed a long printout of call bills to Ye Yinfeng: "This is Qiu Wenxuan's call records this month. The number starting with 189 appears frequently, and it matches the time of Chen Zhiping's call the night before the incident. I checked Passing this number is a black number, and the identity of the user cannot be traced. Even if it is lost, no one will know."

On the list, the number Chen Zhiping used was underlined with a highlighter, which was shocking, especially on the night when Chen Zhiping discussed a new deal with him, the records showed that he first called Wen Xuan and chatted with him for a long time before calling himself again.Ye Yinfeng had a premeditated sense of terror.

However, if Wenxuan and Chen Zhiping really conspired against him, why was he killed by a car?
"Whether Chen Zhiping's death was an accident or not is hard to say, but even if it was an accident, someone got involved in time and wiped away all the traces around him." Li Ran paused and explained, "He died At that time, no matter how you looked at it, you looked like a poor migrant worker."

After Li Ran finished speaking, he sorted out the materials at hand, put them back in the folder and handed them to Ye Yinfeng.

"My investigation is roughly these, I hope it can be useful to you, as for this Ms. Qiu Wenxuan..." He looked at Ye Yinfeng, and he shouldn't talk too much, but he couldn't hold back, "Is she your current wife? "

Ye Yinfeng knew he couldn't hide it from him, and it wasn't a secret, so he could only hum like a wry smile.

Li Ran didn't ask any more questions, his work was over now, no matter what Ye Yinfeng would do next, it was no longer related to him.

Ye Yinfeng handed him an envelope containing money, and Li Ran stuffed it into his pants pocket without even looking at it: "If you need anything in the future..."

Halfway through the speech, Ye Yinfeng's painful expression forced him to shut up, and he pressed his lower lip and said, "I think, you definitely don't want to come to me again."

At night, Wenxuan leaned against Xiaodong's bed and read fairy tales to her. Xiaodong's eyelids were heavy and she was drowsy, but as long as Wenxuan moved a little, she would wake up immediately and hold on to her mother's hand.

"Mom, don't go."

"Good boy, I won't go." Wen Xuan comforted her daughter, feeling a little sour in her heart.

She continued to read to Xiaodong, but Xiaodong finally couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep.After her breathing stabilized, Wen Xuan put the storybook on her daughter's bedside and quietly got up.

Tonight was another night where she and Xiaodong depended on each other, and Ye Yinfeng didn't come home more and more recently.This seemed to be some kind of signal, indicating to her that the ideal dream was not far from being shattered.

It was still early, and she couldn't fall asleep. She wanted to go to the living room to get a glass of water, but when she passed the closet against the wall, her footsteps paused, and she turned to look at her daughter, making sure that she was already asleep.

Wen Xuan carefully moved a stool to step on, and opened the door above the closet, trying not to make too much noise.

She was always worried, and would find a chance to open the cabinet to check almost every day, especially the one whose lock had been broken.She should have bought a new one as soon as possible to replace it, but that suitcase has been with their mother and daughter for several years, and it has always been Xiaodong's "property". Besides, the new suitcase will be more eye-catching when running.

After opening the cabinet door, she put her hand under the quilt to feel it, as long as she could touch the lid of the suitcase, it showed that the things were still there.

There is no wrinkle feeling under the palm, but a smooth wooden board.

Her heart sank, she pushed the quilt up hard, poked her head in for a closer look, and with the dim light, she could clearly see the smooth bottom board under the quilt.

Both boxes were missing.

She felt a rumbling sound exploding in her head, but she was still able to control herself, perhaps she had expected this day long ago.

After leaving Xiaodong's room, Wenxuan searched around the living room, but she hardly had any hope.

Soon, she gave up her pursuit.The house is clean and quiet, no thieves have been there, obviously, it was Ye Yinfeng who took the two suitcases.

Wen Xuan walked to the door of his study room, a small world that belonged exclusively to Ye Yinfeng, she rarely went in except to bring him tea and water occasionally, because he was always busy with business when he was in the study room.

She took out the key, inserted it into the lock without hesitation, turned it twice and pushed the door open.

The study room was pitch black, Wen Xuan turned on the switch of the chandelier on the wall, and walked over to draw the curtains.When she turned around and searched for the desk, she immediately found the two stacked boxes.

Although she was mentally prepared, her heart was still beating violently. She ran over in a few steps and opened the box with only a combination lock on it. The banknotes inside were still intact.

She closed the lid in a daze, not knowing what Ye Yinfeng wanted to do, when she lowered her gaze, she glanced at a light blue folder under the paperweight.

The entire table was tidied up, and the existence of the clips seemed a bit abrupt.She removed the paperweight, picked up the folder, and opened it. Her breathing suddenly became short of breath, as if someone was strangling her neck.

She turned the paper faster and faster, her eyes flicked rapidly, and she felt dizzy at the same time.

At this moment, Ye Yinfeng quietly pushed open the door, silently watching his wife in a urn.

She is his wife.

This realization made him want to laugh and cry even more.

The clip in her hand suddenly slipped, and Wen Xuan stared at Ye Yinfeng who suddenly appeared with her mouth half-opened. The face that once fascinated him was full of panic and vigilance.

He walked into the room, closed the door by the way, and approached her step by step.

"Since you got the money, why don't you leave?" His calm tone seemed to be discussing household matters with her.

"you……"

Ye Yinfeng leaned over to pick up the "evidence" that fell on the ground, patted them all back together and put them back in the clip: "Your two ex-husbands are dead, so it's my turn next time?"

Wen Xuan stepped back subconsciously, keeping a distance from him: "I don't understand what you're talking about."

Ye Yinfeng smiled lightly: "It's all over, do you think we still need to play hide-and-seek?"

Wen Xuan quickly calmed down, pursed her lips tightly, and still stared at him vigilantly, her expression was the same as when she first came to Sanjiang.

Ye Yinfeng put his hands on the suitcase: "Then, can you explain to me where the money came from? How do you plan to use it?"

"This is my own business!" Wen Xuan straightened her waist, and her eyes became sharper in an instant.

Ye Yinfeng met her gaze, and stared at her without turning for a moment. In his eyes, all the affection in the past was washed away, and Wen Xuan's heart was chilled by that stern gaze.

"In the past two days, I've been thinking about a question." He continued to stare at her with cold eyes, "How did you overcome Xiaoxiang's shadow and accept me? Why are you with me?"

Wen Xuan's tough expression suddenly weakened, she lowered her eyes, and there was a trace of weakness on her face.

"For the money, isn't it?"

"No, it's not." Wen Xuan began to shake her head violently, and the circles of her eyes turned red instantly, "I really want to live with you, for the rest of my life..."

Ye Yinfeng gritted his teeth: "Did you never think about Xiaoxiang? You never felt guilty? He... He is watching you from the sky."

"Why should I feel guilty?" Wen Xuan raised her head suddenly, her eyes were filled with hatred, "He kept drinking heavily, beat me when he was drunk, and sometimes beat Xiao Dong, I really couldn't take it anymore..." She stopped abruptly, but it was too late.

"You can leave him if you can't bear it. Why use such an extreme way to solve the problem?"

Wen Xuan shook her head slowly: "He refused to let us go. I begged him, but he still refused."

She felt tired, and sat down on the only chair. The willpower she had been holding on for a long time also collapsed at this moment. While giving up on herself, she also felt relieved that she no longer had to pretend.

"He not only beat me up when he was drunk, but sometimes I met a customer I knew before and said a few more words. Once he found out, he would beat me up too. I want to divorce him, saying that he beat me once, I am also a human being, no matter how patient my temper is, there will be an end." Wen Xuan said, quietly shedding tears.

Ye Yinfeng turned his head away from her sad expression: "How did you do it to him?"

Wen Xuan was silent for a few seconds, thinking that it was meaningless to deny it, she still said: "He was unhappy about the investment failure for a few days, this is an opportunity for me, I heard about an old man who sells groceries There is homemade rat poison, which is very toxic. I asked Ye Xiaoxiang to go to the grocery store to buy it under the pretext that the rats in the house were rampant. The rat poison was mixed into the wine... When I came back with Xiao Dong, he had already drunk the bottom of the wine. Adding those three debts, he committed suicide as a matter of course."

"Why fake a third debt, just to get more money?"

Wen Xuan shook her head: "I just want to make his suicide more convincing. However, I didn't expect that you would actually pay me." She turned her gaze to Ye Yinfeng: "Yinfeng, you are a good person. Ye Xiaoxiang He had already expected that if I met you, I...would fall in love with you, so we were married for two years, and he never took me to Sanjiang."

She smiled: "Also, do you know what kind of feelings your cousin has for you?" After a pause, she said softly, "He hates you."

Ye Yinfeng's body trembled.

"You are better than him in everything. Even the companies he discarded and don't need can be made prosperous by you. Although he will praise you a few times when he is sober, you can't understand how vicious he is when he is drunk. You know Why does he keep investing? He hopes to surpass you, but unfortunately, the more eager he is to succeed, the more he loses. "

Ye Yinfeng was at a loss for a moment, the years of brotherhood was still in his heart, it was one of his most cherished feelings, but it was belittled to nothing in Wen Xuan's description.What should he believe?
Wen Xuan opened up the chatter box, and many emotions that could not be expressed before poured out.

"At the beginning when you sent money, I should have accepted it as soon as it was good. I have no interest in running a company. But I couldn't help being curious, I...wanted to meet you." She smiled sadly, "It turned out that this was a mistake. If I took Xiaodong and left directly, you will never know the truth...but I don’t regret it, I don’t regret knowing you, having such a time with you.”

Ye Yinfeng didn't want to listen to her provocative speech. To this day, he couldn't tell which part of her was true and which part was false. He interrupted her and asked, "What about Chen Zhiping? Why did you want to kill him? He is Xiaodong's father!"

Wen Xuan wiped away the tears on her cheeks, and sneered: "Father? He deserves it too! He comes to me again and again for only one purpose, asking for money."

"But you are still partners, aren't you?" Ye Yinfeng smiled sarcastically, "Otherwise, you wouldn't ask him to discuss the forged contract."

Wen Xuan lowered her head: "That was his idea. We agreed that after we got the money, we would share it with each other. After he got out of prison, he was so eager to find me because he wanted to share the money."

Ye Yinfeng was disgusted when he heard it: "But you don't want to give him money, so you simply took his life?"

"I didn't!" The stern expression appeared on Wen Xuan's face again, "He was drunk and killed himself, and it has nothing to do with me! But I still hate him, he doesn't want me to live well, he wants me With him... If I refuse, he will threaten me to find you..."

"The matter between you and Fu Chengyu, could it be that he forced it?"

Wen Xuan's face suddenly turned pale: "That's...for..."

Ye Yinfeng closed his eyes, then opened them again: "For me, right?"

He turned around and walked in front of Wen Xuan: "I never thought you would exchange your body. Do you think the project is more important than your innocence?"

Tears fell again, Wen Xuan sobbed: "Yinfeng, I just want to help you, Fu Chengyu said that as long as... I get confused for a moment..."

Ye Yinfeng stepped back, sat down on the desk opposite her, and looked down at her condescendingly: "Chen Zhiping called me before the accident and said that he would make a deal with me. We agreed to meet and discuss in detail the next day. But the second God, what I waited for was his death. You said his death had nothing to do with you. Then why did all his money go into your hands?"

He tapped the suitcase with his finger: "I asked the accountant to register the money, and there are records to check."

Wen Xuan suddenly stopped crying.

"I thought about it carefully. I was not at home that night. You can have enough time to go to Chen Zhiping's rented hut to collect the money extorted from me. The question is, how did you arrange that car accident? It seemed so natural that even the police didn't suspect anything."

He looked at Wen Xuan's stubborn expression, and snorted, "I'm not a policeman, so you don't have to worry about saying the wrong thing, but since we've come to this point, it's not too much to let me know the truth, right?"

Wen Xuan put away her pitiful expression, raised her chin high, and the independent and strong expression returned to her face.

"You guessed right." Wen Xuan's voice calmed down a lot, "Chen Zhiping's car accident was arranged by me. I told him that I would not have anything to do with him after I took Xiaodong out of Lanxi, and he agreed. But he lost all his money shortly after he was released from prison. He came to me for money, but of course I would not give it to him. He threatened me with the matter between me and Fu Chengyu. After I gave him money twice, I showed him For Xiaodong's sake, don't harass us anymore, he agreed, but I didn't expect him to turn around and look for you."

Wen Xuan looked at Ye Yinfeng: "Although I arranged Chen Zhiping's car accident, you are the one who really pushed him to death." There seemed to be some kind of gleam in her shining eyes, which made Ye Yinfeng A burst of suffocation.

"Do you still remember that night when you were rough on me?" Wen Xuan's mouth actually had a hint of a smile, "The way you looked at that time really resembled Ye Xiaoxiang."

Ye Yinfeng suddenly remembered what happened that night, and he was not without shame, it was really not like him.

"I guessed at that time that Chen Zhiping might have gone to you. I called him to confirm, and he admitted it. This made me very angry. I accused him of breaking his word and forcing me to die. That day, he promised to leave Sanjiang for his daughter."

Speaking of this, Wen Xuan's chest heaved slightly: "But he is a jerk after all, and he didn't forget to knock me for money before he left. After I rejected him, he said he would find you to break the news. I'll call you right away , your cell phone is busy, I expected you to answer his call."

A gloomy light flickered in her eyes: "His backlash made me angry. I am almost sure that as long as he is still alive, Xiaodong and I will not have a good life. We can't escape his endless words." Entanglement...unless he dies."

"So you have murderous intentions?"

"Is there anything else I can do?" Wen Xuan said with a sneer, as if breaking a jar, "I also took the money he was going to take away, and as for the car accident, I asked Fu Chengyu for help." Arranged, if he doesn't agree, I will announce the matter between me and him."

Ye Yinfeng looked at her with the eyes of a poisonous scorpion, but Wen Xuan pretended not to see it.She stared at a certain place in front of her, but she was not there at all. After a while, she asked in a low voice: "In your eyes, I must have become a very vicious woman now, right?"

Ye Yinfeng turned his eyes away, but said nothing.

Wen Xuan caught his distant look, and the last trace of expectation in her eyes turned into disappointment. She smiled abruptly: "Okay, I've told you everything you asked me. Next, what are you going to do?"

Her tone was relaxed, as if talking about other people's affairs.

Ye Yinfeng hung his head in silence for a while, then whispered: "You go and surrender."

This result was completely within Wenxuan's expectation, she laughed loudly: "Surrender yourself? Why should I surrender? Do you think I confessed to you to atone for my sin?"

As she moved closer to him, the love was gathering again in her eyes, but she was so dazed, perhaps because she realized that he had become unreachable.

"Yinfeng, do you know? After I met you, I always hoped that I would be a good person as clean and pure as you. I really wanted to spend my whole life with you, and I even thought about being honest with you forever. It's a pity," Mou The enthusiasm in her heart slowly faded, she shrugged self-deprecatingly, "The fate of a person cannot be changed, I have to hide you again and again against my will. Fortunately, today, you gave me this opportunity to tell everything... I I hope you understand that I never want to lie to you."

Her hand rested lightly on Ye Yinfeng's shoulder, and he trembled slightly, but he didn't avoid it.

"I know it's impossible for us to be together again." Her tone was full of regret, "I also know that you never loved me."

Ye Yinfeng was stunned, and his face became stiff instantly.

"The person you've always loved in your heart is actually Xia Xia." Wen Xuan's smile contained sarcasm, but was more desolate, "You think I don't know that you often walk around outside the neighborhood across the street? No, I knew for a long time that you liked her. It's funny that you didn't realize it yourself."

Ye Yinfeng gritted his teeth, but couldn't control the trembling in his heart: "Since you knew it earlier, why did you..."

"Because... I want you." Wen Xuan sighed softly, "I have lived for nearly 30 years, and I have been surrounded by ugly men, only you, so good, so good that I... don't want to miss it."

Ye Yinfeng didn't know how to describe his mood at the moment, there was an indelible pity mixed with annoyance and hatred, maybe it was because of the irresolute indecision flowing in his blood that he brought himself such unbearable pain. Evil consequences.

But the mistake had already been made, and he couldn't convince himself to put the blame on Wen Xuan.

Wen Xuan stared at him affectionately for a moment, the soft color gradually faded from her face, and when she spoke again, she regained her original composure.

"I will not surrender myself. But I will divorce you, and I will return all the money to you. As for the company, I never thought of getting involved. There is nothing to say. It is still yours. After all this is done, I will take Xiaodong away from Sanjiang, and before you have time to chase Xiaxia back, just pretend that I... never showed up. What do you think of this idea?"

Ye Yinfeng looked up slowly: "Do you think that after so many things happened, I can still pretend that everything is normal?"

"Otherwise, what should I do?" Wen Xuan raised her chin slightly.

"You turn yourself in."

"I've said it before, it's impossible!" Wen Xuan said firmly, "If I go to jail, what will Xiaodong do?"

"These are two different things!" Ye Yinfeng stood up, "You think of Xiaodong now? Did you think about her when you killed someone?"

Wen Xuan's face was livid: "I can only tell you that everything I do is for her."

"If you are really doing this for Xiaodong, for her to grow up healthily, you should face the sins you have committed!"

Wen Xuan had a non-negotiable expression on her face: "No matter what you say, I won't go!"

Ye Yinfeng's eyes turned cold: "Don't force me."

Wen Xuan smiled and shook the information he had collected: "You think you can sue me with these things? Even if you can prove that the debt is fake, and that Chen Zhiping had a relationship with me, But do you have ironclad evidence that I killed someone? You have no convincing evidence at all, and I can turn around and sue you for framing!"

Ye Yinfeng stared at her nervous smile with unfamiliar eyes, it was hard to believe that he had ever been attracted to such a woman.

He put his hand into his trouser pocket, slowly took out his phone, with the screen facing Wen Xuan, and clicked on the button.

The recording function of the phone has been turned on, and the red dot is blinking.

He whispered: "Just rely on what you told me just now."

Wen Xuan's complexion changed drastically, and she rushed forward to snatch it, but Ye Yinfeng was already prepared, and dodged Wen Xuan's attack by dodging to the side. She threw herself on the desk, with a black wire pen holder in front of her, There are several pens and a pair of scissors inserted in it.

She pulled out the scissors almost instinctively, got up and stabbed at Ye Yinfeng again.

Ye Yinfeng grabbed her wrist in time and yanked it to the left. Wen Xuan lost her balance, fell back and fell to the ground, and the scissors rolled aside.

Ye Yinfeng kicked the scissors away, squatted down, pinched Wen Xuan's face with his fingers, and said without any mercy: "You really want to kill me too!"

Wen Xuan collapsed suddenly, tears rolled down from her eyes, she shook her head desperately, but was choked up and unable to speak.

Ye Yinfeng let go of her, dragged a chair and sat down beside her feet.

"You shouldn't have killed Xiaoxiang, and you shouldn't have lied to me. Xiaoxiang has never beaten you, right? I know his temper very well. No matter how uncomfortable he is, he won't be rough on women, but you... ..."

"He hasn't done anything to me, but he's still damned!" Wen Xuan's handsome face suddenly turned ferocious, "You know...do you know what he did to Xiaodong?"

There was madness and pain in her red eyes: "Xiaodong is only four years old...he is simply a beast!"

Ye Yinfeng stared in astonishment, it took him a long time to understand what Wen Xuan meant, and he was incoherent: "How is this possible, Xiaoxiang, how could..."

Wen Xuan sneered, with a vicious tone: "That's because you don't know your cousin too well, he is cowardly, selfish, incompetent and perverted..."

Ye Yinfeng couldn't bear to listen to it, and cut her off abruptly: "Stop talking!"

The room was very quiet all of a sudden, only the sound of two people panting, like dueling beasts.

After a while, Ye Yinfeng had the courage to speak again: "Have you talked to him? About—— this matter?"

"No." Wen Xuan said coldly, "I never negotiate terms with animals."

"That's not what I meant." Ye Yinfeng shook his head, "Maybe you misunderstood Xiaoxiang, he likes children very much, I always knew that he might just be teasing Xiaodong..."

"Misunderstanding?" Wen Xuan's eyes seemed to burst into flames, "Do you think a normal father would put his hand in..." She couldn't continue.

Ye Yinfeng was speechless.

"I caught it myself once and had a quarrel with him. After that, I was very wary of him, but he couldn't change it. Xiaodong told me several times that my uncle likes to touch her." Wenxuan shivered suddenly, "Every time I watch When he is alone with Xiaodong, he becomes nervous, if this continues, I will go crazy!"

Ye Yinfeng was terrified: "Just because of this, you sentenced Xiaoxiang to death?"

"He should pay the price for this!" Wen Xuan has no regrets, "What's more, I can't wait until I make a big mistake to make up for it!"

"Then you have no right to take his life!" Ye Yinfeng was heartbroken, "Xiaoxiang's crime is not worthy of death. Don't you think your so-called compensation is too cruel?"

Wen Xuan looked at him with cold eyes: "Then have you ever thought about Xiaodong's feelings? Have you thought about the hurt she suffered? Do you know why she became like this?"

Ye Yinfeng was dumbfounded.

"If you hadn't forced me, I wouldn't have said it." Tears blurred Wen Xuan's eyes again, "I've been working hard to get Xiaodong out of the shadows, to separate her from that ugly world. On. I thought I was on the verge of success, but . . . I'm a useless mother."

Ye Yinfeng was suddenly disturbed, shock and shame filled his heart all the time, his expression that had been hard all the time suddenly softened, his eyes lingered around Wen Xuan, her words shocked him too much, but he was not sure whether he should believe her .

Wenxuan has been closely watching his expression. Seeing his hesitation at this moment, she immediately climbed to his feet, hugged his legs and begged: "Yinfeng, please let us go. I will take Xiaodong to live abroad. , never come back, and leave you forever and ever. I just beg you... Let our mother and daughter live!"

Her eyes were full of expectation and pleading, which Ye Yinfeng couldn't bear to look at. For a moment, he almost gave up pursuing and agreed to her, but the lives of his cousin and Chen Zhiping hung bloody above his head. Make it impossible for him to compromise.

"Wenxuan, if you and Xiaodong just leave like this, do you think you can really be free?" Ye Yinfeng took a long breath, "Do you still remember those nightmares you had? You want to get rid of them, want to Let Xiaodong grow up in the sun, there is only one way to go... to redeem your sins."

Wenxuan sobbed and listened to him, the longing in her eyes gradually cooled until it was completely extinguished, she knew that begging him was hopeless, and she had no more cards to play, after a burst of despair, she fell to the ground, without grace He covered his face and wept bitterly.

Ye Yinfeng stretched out his hand hesitantly, and gently stroked her long black hair twice: "Wenxuan, wake up, don't make the same mistake again and again."

The crying stopped, Wen Xuan also calmed down, took the tissue from Ye Yinfeng, and nodded with difficulty while wiping her face: "...Okay, I will surrender myself, but you have to promise me one thing. "

"You said."

"Take good care of Xiaodong for me." After speaking, Wen Xuan's eye circles turned red again.

"I will."

A stone in Ye Yinfeng's heart finally fell to the ground. He sighed silently, pulled Wen Xuan into his arms, hugged her gently, and gave her a hug of pure comfort, his heart was filled with sorrow. Perhaps, this was the last time up.

The two agreed that Ye Yinfeng would accompany Wen Xuan to surrender to the police tomorrow morning.

In the middle of the night, Wen Xuan couldn't sleep, so Ye Yinfeng sat with her in the living room for a while, and later she said that she was going to accompany her daughter, Ye Yinfeng was worried that she would not be emotionally stable, so he insisted on staying with her in Xiaodong's room. Xuan understands that he still doesn't trust her very much, so she doesn't stop him, and just lies on the bed with Xiaodong.

Ye Yinfeng's heart was heavy, but no matter how many doubts he had in his mind, he couldn't discuss it with Wen Xuan at this time, everything was too sensitive, and he couldn't recover anything.

He leaned in a chair by the window, and he tried his best to stay awake, but the fatigue soon hit him, and before he knew it, he fell asleep.

The night passed quickly in silence.

In the early morning, when Ye Yinfeng woke up from his messy dream, the sky was already bright.

Everything in the room is as before, but Wen Xuan's mother and daughter are nowhere to be found.

Ye Yinfeng shuddered all over and woke up completely. He quickly rushed to the door and pulled the door hard, but the door couldn't be opened no matter what—it was locked by Wen Xuan from the outside.

He cursed under his breath, looking for his phone everywhere, but he wasn't around.Looking for a tool to pry open the door, there is nothing in the room that can make it stronger except plush toys.

He ran back to the window, stretched his head to look out, and immediately gave up the idea of ​​escaping through the window.On an eight-storey floor with no handrails to climb on, a fall would surely shatter your bones.

It is really called every day should not be, called the earth is not working.

It was too late for him to be annoyed at being tricked by Wen Xuan, his mind was spinning rapidly, what would Wen Xuan do next?
Should he take Xiaodong and flee for his life immediately or...

(End of this chapter)