It's a pity I still love you

Chapter 18 As long as you tell me, I will believe it (2)
Cheng Ranming didn't answer her words, just took out a key and a note from his pocket, and said to her: "Your place is not safe, you should live here for a few days first."

In fact, he doesn't care whether the account book is lost or not. All he cares about is whether she is okay. Even if the account book is lost, it doesn't matter to him. If you think about it ungentlemanly, he can save one Rival.

Liu Nian didn't answer, "No need, I just talked to Uncle Shao, they probably won't..." After she finished speaking, Cheng Ranming interrupted her with a cold face: "What are you talking about? Go and talk to him yourself. What did Shao Qiren talk about?"

Fleeting Nian looked at Cheng Ranming inexplicably, then nodded, "Yes, I..."

"Do you know how dangerous this is! What will you do if he uses this opportunity to force you to hand over the ledger?"

Liu Nian instinctively wanted to refute, but found that she had nothing to say, if Shao Qiren used this opportunity to force her to hand over the account book...if...

She thought of the coffee shop where there were not many people just now, of the sturdy men sitting not far from them, and of herself...not a bit defensive, if Shao Qiren really understood this idea, she might die without knowing how to die of!

She couldn't help shivering, she was grateful and scared at the same time, she couldn't speak for a moment, she just lowered her head slightly.

Cheng Ranming was so angry with her that he couldn't help it. Fortunately, she is fine now, otherwise...

It's nothing else, since it's already like this, she can do whatever she likes.

He turned around and was about to get into the car, but his arm was grabbed by someone. He turned his head to look at the woman behind him, but the woman didn't hold his arm as straightforwardly. After hesitating for a while, he finally said two words: "Thank you." ..."

These were the two words he didn't want to hear at the moment. He said "You're welcome", got into the car and left without looking back.

The procuratorate announced the results of the investigation two days later. Because the investigation found that a large amount of evidence was forged and the evidence was insufficient, Ran Zhimo was released in court.

That afternoon, Cheng Ranming brought Liu Nian to meet Shao Qiren, and Liu Nian burned the account book in front of Shao Qiren.

The flames licked the paper into ashes, and the light of the fire gradually dimmed. Liu Nian stood up and said to Shao Qiren who was opposite: "Uncle Shao, please take care of yourself in the future."

Without this ledger, they might never see each other again in the future. After all, Shao Qiren is a high-ranking official in the city, and Liu Nian is now just an ordinary citizen.

Not long after the procuratorate pronounced the verdict, Ran Zhimo returned to the municipal government to continue working. Wu Baoguo thought that he would never come back. The new secretary of the municipal party committee must be himself. He said very targeted things in front of the media. When Mo came back, his complexion was not much better.

The investigation of the case is still in charge of Ran Zhimo. Shen Chenji called in the afternoon and first talked about the recent progress of the case. After talking about the situation, Shen Chenji said with a smile: "You didn't see the face of the chief prosecutor at that time, and no one thought that you would turn around in the end!"

Ran Zhimo remembered that Shen Chenji was in the anti-corruption bureau and might hear something, so he asked, "By the way, Chenji, do you know why there is such a reversal?"

"You do not know?"

Ran Zhimo didn't reply, it was a tacit agreement.

"You don't even know!" Shen Chenji looked extremely unbelievable, "I thought it was arranged by you..."

Ran Zhimo smiled wryly, "There's no time."

"I heard that it seems to have something to do with the Cheng family. I thought it was you in advance... This is strange. It stands to reason that the Cheng family should not have that much power..."

The Cheng family?Could it be that this has something to do with Cheng Ranming?But why did Cheng Ranming help him?
Ran Zhimo instinctively thought of Fleeting Nian, but at the same time, he remembered Fleeting Nian's answer when he asked Fleeting Nian that night. In fact, he didn't believe Fleeting Nian's words, but her appearance at that time made it impossible for him not to believe it. If she said It is true, so why did the Cheng family participate in this matter?

The answer seemed to be revealed after he returned home.

As soon as he got home, he heard conversations coming from the living room.When Xu Shi heard the sound of him opening the door, his mother came out of the living room, and when she saw him back, she happily grabbed him and said to him: "Zhi Mo, you are back, Ran Yin has been waiting for you for a long time!"

Ran Yin?

These two words are not familiar to Ran Zhimo. He thought for a while before realizing that his mother was talking about Cheng Ranyin, but he couldn't figure out why she would appear at their house at this time, and his mother was right. She used such an affectionate address, after all, they hadn't even met a few times before!
"Why is she here?"

Ranmu seemed dissatisfied with what he said, "Zhimo, how can you talk like that? It's thanks to Ran Yin that your matter was resolved so smoothly this time!"

Ran Zhimo stopped his movements and was really taken aback.

The dye mother expected him to have such a reaction, and continued to say as she walked to the living room: "You are really, you didn't even know your savior, and you still said that kind of thing! Listen to that child from Cheng's family, Ran Yin The girl did a lot of running around to save you back then, you..."

Ran Zhimo almost didn't listen to what was said later, he stood at the door of the living room, looked at Cheng Ranyin who was sitting there with his face slightly lowered in embarrassment, and frowned tightly.

Cheng Ranyin...Cheng Ranyin...how could it be her?
He didn't even take her into consideration before, but... I have to say, if it was her, Cheng Ranming did have reason to use the strength of the Cheng family to help him, but at the same time, as Shen Chenji said, he didn't I don't think the Cheng family is powerful enough to let him escape safely.

There should be only Fleeting Years, only Fleeting Years may have evidence that scares them!

With doubts in his heart, he didn't even say more than ten sentences after dinner. Only his mother kept praising Cheng Ranyin for being sensible, polite, and generous. Obviously, during the period of time at their house, , Cheng Ranyin left a very good impression on his mother.

Ran Zhimo didn't argue with each other, and only made "en" or "oh" perfunctory voices when his mother insisted on him talking.

After the meal, Cheng Ranyin wanted to leave, but Ranmu pushed Ran Zhimo, the meaning was very obvious, she wanted him to see Cheng Ranyin off, he couldn't shirk it, and besides, he wanted to ask her something, So he put on his coat and left the house.

Cheng Ranyin reported the name of the place, Zhimo drove the car there and stopped.The car was quiet for a while, Cheng Ranyin seemed to be thinking about something, when Ran Zhimo was about to speak, she called out first: "Senior Ran."

"kindness?"

"Don't pay too much attention to what my aunt said today. In fact...it's not that difficult. My cousin also helped a lot. My aunt exaggerated. Don't take it seriously, senior!"

In a word, so sincere that Ran Zhimo couldn't say anything he was about to ask.

In this way, she accepted to help him, and how difficult it would be, how could he not know?

If it is Cheng Ranyin who wants to help him, it makes sense that Cheng Ranming would help him. After all, they are cousins. In fact, if it is a fleeting time... If it is a fleeting time, it stands to reason that Cheng Ranming will not only not It's good enough to help him without making trouble.

What's more, if it's really fleeting time, how dare Cheng Ranyin say it's her fault?After all, Fleeting Years will never tolerate her stealing credit!
Is it...really true?

"Senior..." Seeing that Ran Zhimo seemed to be lost in thought, Cheng Ranyin called softly.

"I see, you get out of the car first."

Cheng Ranyin seemed hurt by his tone, she lowered her head and drove the door out.Ran Zhimo didn't care so much, and drove straight to the downstairs of Liunian.

When the mobile phone rang suddenly, Liu Nian was nestling on the sofa and kept tuning the TV channel. There was a new drama coming out, many channels were broadcasting the same TV series, but she didn't want to watch it, just because of the two main characters in the TV series. childhood sweetheart.

I don't know when she started to be afraid of seeing her childhood sweetheart, it was a resistance from the bottom of her heart, especially when the two people who were young when they were young made a promise for a lifetime on TV, there was always fluid flowing from the eye sockets.

A lifetime is too long, and ending at the beginning may be considered a kind of eternity.

Being recalled by the ringtone of the mobile phone, she recalled her wandering thoughts, she looked at the mobile phone on the coffee table that kept flashing, and she just kept looking at it. The name displayed on it represented the name she most wanted to see but dared not see at the moment. people.

In my memory, there seemed to be a time when she looked at the phone like this and kept flashing but didn't pick it up for a long time. It seemed that it was because they had just had a quarrel, and she got angry and deliberately made him anxious. , he was angry, anxious, and annoyed, but when he finally found her, he just said: "Mute? Next time, don't forget to check your phone often!"

He can tolerate her being angry and not answering his phone calls because of a quarrel with him and let him look for her for a whole day, but he can't tolerate her messing around and arguing with her. This is Ran Zhimo. His reason and principle will always let her incomprehensible.

Just like now, how could she not guess what he wanted to ask when he called her, but is her answer that important?What does it change if she says "yes" or "no"?
She looked at the cell phone on the coffee table, waiting for the moment when it stopped ringing, but over and over again, the cell phone turned on and off, off and on again, and persisted for 5 minutes without any intention of stopping. Rubbing her forehead, really, she forgot, that person is the one who will insist on finding her even if she doesn't give him a reply for most of the day!
Accept or not?Ignoring it deliberately like now is actually just a kind of delay. Since this is the case, maybe it's better to stop it completely.

Reaching for the phone, she pressed the call button and said "Hello".

"I'm downstairs with you."

His tone didn't sound that good, Fleeting Nian hesitated for a while, and finally went downstairs.

The moment she walked out of the building, she saw him leaning on the car with his eyes closed, looking extremely tired. She felt distressed, but all she could do was say, "Is there something wrong?"

Words without warmth, as soon as the words came out, her heart couldn't help tightening.She watched the man slowly open his eyes, looking at her as sharply as a knife.

She almost wanted to run away, but she lowered her head, and she didn't move a single step. After leaving these years, she learned to pretend, and she was no longer the little girl he could see through at a glance.

There were footsteps, very slow, but getting closer, her heart was beating like a drum, she couldn't help but pursed her lips tightly, she still didn't dare to raise her head.

The voice finally stopped, and he stood in front of her, within reach of her hand.

Taking a step back, she pretended to be irritated, raised her head and asked again: "Is there something wrong?"

She heard him take a deep breath, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, "Have you ever gone to anyone and made any deals with him?"

She seemed to hear something ridiculous, and really laughed, "You don't think that your acquittal has something to do with me?"

He looked at her and didn't speak, but his expression was tacit.

She raised her eyebrows slightly to look at him, and asked in a joking tone, "Do you believe me?"

Facing her teasing, he didn't respond too much, but nodded his head extremely seriously, and said one word: "Yes."

Fleeting Years was stunned there.

With such an expression, she seems to be facing a choice between life and death. For such a long time, she is actually just letting nature take its course. When something is placed in front of her, she is just making a choice according to what she thinks is right. Every choice seems to be important. It's not that important, she has never been as serious as he is today.

As long as she said it, he would believe it... So, have you already made a decision?
That's why he was so anxious to find her, and that's why he said so seriously that if she said he would believe it, it turned out that it meant the end, and if she said "no", then he probably wouldn't turn around and leave.

Finally, the day has come.

She suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, as heartless as before, her voice was very soft, but every word seemed to consume all the strength in her body, she said: "I also hope that I have That much power."

She looked back at him, responding to his seriousness.He didn't even dare to breathe, for fear that if he accidentally choked up, he would see through her lies.

She tried her best to raise the corner of her mouth, and said as if she had remembered something: "I heard that the Cheng family helped. I haven't asked much. If you need it, I can ask for you...Ran Ming."

Later, Fleeting Nian often thought that if it weren't for the last two words, everything might be different.

Even breathing hurts, but Fleeting Nian raised the corners of her mouth, like an old friend she hadn't seen for many years. Regardless of the past, she could go to the person closest to her now to ask him for help.

She didn't even know that her acting skills were so good, she thought she was going to cry.

But no, she stared at each other for 2 minutes, her eyes were dry all the time, at the end, she even raised her eyebrows slightly, and asked strangely: "What's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me like that? My face Where is it dirty?"

"No", as if he finally had to believe, Ran Zhimo felt relieved or desperate, "I know, in the future... I won't bother you again."

Fleeting Nian smiled, like an epiphyllum, which has been brewing for so long and finally bloomed, "Don't, Ran Ming and I are still waiting for your treat!"

He looked at her so carefully, as if he had never seen her before. Indeed, he had never seen such a fleeting time, so strange. After a while, his voice was cold, and he replied: "There is a chance."

She nodded, "Okay." The smile was so bright and eye-catching.

She watched him turn around with a smile like this, and watched him leave with a smile, but that smile was only a flash of brilliance. When his car gradually drove out of her sight, her eyes gradually blurred, and liquid gushed out of her eye sockets , she couldn't stop.

She squatted down, hugged her knees and shrank to the ground, crying loudly in this quiet night, like a fish out of water, struggling several times and unwillingly, but finally could not escape the fate of death.

Her mind was buzzing, and she could still hear a child asking in a childish voice: "Mom, why is this aunt crying?"

Auntie...such a title...

But at this time, she can still clearly recall the past. She remembered that the first time she was called "Auntie" was in her sophomore year of high school. At that time, Zhimo had already gone to college. Because of these two words, she Unwilling to complain with Zhimo for a long time, he kept asking him "Am I that old?" Zhimo was tortured by her, and finally rubbed her head and said to her: "If you If you really feel unbalanced, just call me 'uncle'."

Fleeting Nian instinctively wanted to say "yes", but then yelled: "You took advantage of me!" I'm so inferior, okay!
Zhi Mo couldn't help but smiled knowingly, "Look, I don't care if I'm called so old by you, isn't it just an 'auntie', is it so sad to be called mature?"

She wanted to refute, but couldn't think of a suitable word, so she hummed without speaking.

After an unknown amount of time, she heard the people around her say softly, as if sighing: "And... I've been waiting for you to grow up..."

When she heard this, she suddenly turned her head to look at the speaker. His face was full of smiles and his eyes were soft. At that moment, it seemed that flowers were blooming, and his heart was itchy.

Like being stabbed in the chest by someone, Liu Nian felt that she didn't even have the strength to cry, her hands clenched the clothes on her chest, her face was pale, like a patient suffering from a heart attack, people passing by saw this In one scene, he couldn't help asking worriedly: "How are you?"

Liu Nian shook her head, supported the flower bed at the side, and stood up slowly. Someone wanted to reach out to help, but she pushed it away. She walked into the building with difficulty, step by step, very slowly, but that As firm as he was, he never looked back.

After tonight, there is no turning back.

(End of this chapter)