your voice my world

Chapter 20 surfaced
It was after the contract between Qiao Ze and Huang Jiayin was settled and he formally took over Huang Chang's business that Shang Qi found out that Qiao Ze had set him up, so he went to Qiao Ze's office to talk to him angrily.

Joze was on the phone when he came over.

He watched Qiao Ze hang up the phone unhurriedly, and became more and more annoyed. He walked to the desk, bent over and grabbed Qiao Ze's tie: "Are you fucking playing with me?"

Qiao Ze grabbed his hand, slowly opened one finger at a time, and looked at him calmly: "Mr. Shang, there is a Huang Chang in, but there is another Huang Jiayin. Huang Jiayin refuses to hand over the business." List, are you sure you can control Huang Chang's business smoothly? Are you not afraid that Huang Jiayin will be destroyed?"

Shang Qi looked at him without saying a word, his eyes still fierce.

Qiao Ze pulled his hand down, pressed his backhand on the table, propped himself up, and looked at him without moving, turning his back on the guest: "Who the hell made you rush to the door to show off your power? Who is to blame for my downfall?"

He was referring to Wu Manman looking for Huang Jiayin.

Shang Qi only found out about this after the fact. He kept a cold face and didn't speak. He vaguely knew in his heart that he had followed Qiao Ze's way.

He thought that because of Huang Jiayin's plan to force Lu Miao to take drugs, Qiao Ze hated Huang Jiayin, and Qiao Ze had been giving him this illusion.Qiao Ze cooperated with him to use his hands to get rid of Huang Chang and Huang Jiayin, and he, Shang Qi, could also take the opportunity to take over Huang Chang's business. Overcoming Huang Chang's obstacle made the cooperation between Suo Fei and him smoother.He didn't expect that Qiao Ze's goal was Huang Chang's business, and he didn't expect that Qiao Ze would join hands with Huang Jiayin. He thought that Qiao Ze hated Huang Jiayin.

Although he vaguely guessed the problem, Shang Qi has no other way now. Huang Chang's business has completely fallen into Qiao Ze's hands, which means that he has replaced Huang Chang's position, and he has taken control of their internal drug production and drug trafficking. Channel, cut out the whole chain and hold it in your hand.

In order to get rid of Huang Chang smoothly, all transactions between Shang Qi and Huang Chang were arranged in private without telling Mr. Huo.Before Huang Chang's accident, Mr. Huo didn't know the existence of "Mr. Xu". Everything was planned, but he didn't expect that there would be an accident on Qiao Ze's side.

In the past few days, facing Mr. Huo's torture, Shang Qi almost withstood all the pressure.Originally, Mr. Huo and Huang Chang already had some grievances. Although Mr. Huo was surprised by Huang Chang's arrest, he didn't show much anger, especially since he vowed that the arrangements had been made properly and he would take Huang Chang's business back soon. .He really thought it was an easy task, but he didn't expect Qiao Ze to take a step ahead.

The things Mr. Huo wanted fell into Qiao Ze's hands, and Shang Qi seemed to be pinched seven inches. He didn't dare to tear himself openly with Qiao Ze. After staring at Qiao Ze coldly for a while, he finally forced himself to With a smile on his face, he said to Qiao Ze: "Boss Qiao has worked hard."

Qiao Ze also smiled back at him: "It should be." Then he said, "Of course I can't take what belongs to Mr. Shang. But you also know Mr. Shang, Huang Jiayin is not easy to deal with, so you have to stabilize him first." .”

"Mr. Qiao is right." Shang Qi smiled back, "I heard that Lu Miao was injured a while ago, is it better now?"

"It's still hurting." Qiao Ze shook his head, "I hurt my leg, and I'm still recuperating. I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to work for a while."

One sentence blocked Shang Qi's proposal to let Lu Miao come back.

Lu Miao has been recuperating at home since she came back. She was not seriously injured. She was almost fully recovered during the half month in the hospital. Although she deliberately pressed the wound that day, it was not injured. After two days of recovery, she was almost recovered. .

The case is not over yet, she originally wanted to go back to Shang Qi and Wu Manman, but Qiao Ze told her to recover from her injuries first, and refused to let her go back, and never talked to her again about the case, she didn't know how far it had progressed up.

Qiao Ze has been busy recently, very busy, leaving early and returning late every day, he had already gone out before she woke up, and he came back when she fell asleep.

Most of the time, she only vaguely felt his presence when she was in a drowsy sleep. He was used to falling asleep with his arms around her, and she was also used to his embrace, but she couldn't say a word for several days, and she felt a little uncomfortable.She thought she covered it up well, but she still showed her stuff in front of Xu Jiayan.

Xu Jiayan invited her to dinner.

She deliberately crushed her leg on the cruise that day, and he hurriedly took her to the hospital, and took her away from the place of right and wrong, which did not affect Qiao Ze's subsequent actions. Lu Miao was grateful to him.And he was her brother, so when he asked her out for dinner, she called Qiao Ze and told him that Xu Jiayan asked her out for dinner and she wanted to go out.

She had no other intentions, but was afraid that Qiao Ze would misunderstand, so she would report to him in advance.

Qiao Ze was silent for a while on the other end of the phone, and only gave her two words: "Go."

He told her to be safe and come back early, so he didn't say anything else.

She was a little disappointed, she didn't know if it was her own illusion, she always felt that after Huang Chang was arrested, Qiao Ze was a little alienated from her.

Because of this small disappointment, her emotions were not well concealed in front of Xu Jiayan, Xu Jiayan could tell at a glance, and asked her if she had a problem with Qiao Ze.

Lu Miao shook his head and refused to say anything, just said it was okay.

Xu Jiayan watched her speak for Qiao Ze everywhere, and immediately became angry, and put down his glass with a bang: "Joze came to me a while ago."

Lu Miao looked at him in surprise, she didn't know about it.

"Do you know what he said?" Xu Jiayan asked.

Lu Miao shook his head: "What did he say?"

"He said that he and you are just taking what they need." Xu Jiayan looked at her fixedly, "Is that so, Miao Miao?"

Lu Miao didn't know the circumstances under which Qiao Ze said this sentence, so she didn't know whether to say "yes" or "no". Take a sip.

Xu Jiayan has nothing to do with her passive and silent attitude. She doesn't want to speak, and he can't force her to say a word, nor can he force her attitude.

He closed his eyes, suppressed his temper, picked up the wine bottle, filled himself a glass, and took a big sip: "Do you know that he and Huang Jiayin have had a hot fight recently, and they went in and out together?"

Lu Miao looked up at him.

"I don't know, do you?" Xu Jiayan put down his glass, "What do you like about him?"

She lowered her eyelids: "I like him."

Xu Jiayan twitched the corner of his mouth: "Then do you know that he is investigating you?"

Her eyes fell on his face again, with surprise.

"He's looking for me, Qianqian, Zhang Qi...and even more people to find out about you, you know?" he asked.

Lu Miao shook her head blankly, she didn't know why Qiao Ze wanted to investigate her, she would tell him anything.

"Miao Miao, if he is a man worth entrusting, if you want to be with him, I bless you. But he is like this now, do you still insist on following him?"

Lu Miao couldn't answer him, she didn't know anything now, everything was Xu Jiayan's one-sided opinion, even if Qiao Ze really had a hot fight with Huang Jiayin, she was more inclined to believe that he was doing it for work.She knew that he was not that kind of person. What she cared more about was that Joze was investigating her. She didn't know why he was investigating her, but she would not make random judgments until she figured it out.

"I will think about it clearly." After a long silence, she could only give Xu Jiayan an ambiguous answer, "Brother, I will take care of myself, you don't have to worry about me."

The soft words made Xu Jiayan very powerless, he understood her temperament, and he really couldn't force her to do anything.

"Think it over and give me the answer," he said.

Lu Miao nodded, the meal was a bit dull.

Lu Miao asked Yao Lingling for dinner the next day, and asked her insincerely if Qiao Ze had talked to her about his affairs recently.

Yao Lingling didn't have any plans for her, she just said everything Qiao Ze asked, and even praised Qiao Ze for being kind to her and caring about her.

After Xiao Zhan was injured, Yao Lingling knew about her and Qiao Ze.

However, many of Yao Lingling's questions about his kindness to her were actually probing questions.

After the meal, Lu Miao also called some of her former teachers, classmates, and colleagues. She also asked insincerely if anyone had been inquiring about her situation recently. The answer was yes.

Joze was indeed investigating her secretly.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Miao's palms felt a little cold, and her heart felt heavy, feeling a little uncomfortable as if being pressed by something, and a little flustered.She didn't know why Qiao Ze wanted to investigate her, nor what he was suspicious of her. He never did meaningless things for no reason.

She thought of the two times when she met Lu Xiaocheng, and thought that recently, he had been letting her recuperate at home, but her injury was obviously healed.

He still doesn't believe her, she thought.

Lu Miao felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to know why, but recently she and him hardly had a chance to talk.

She drove the car aimlessly, and when she regained her senses, the car was already downstairs in the Suofei company where he worked.

She wanted to go up to find him, but she was worried that her rash appearance would affect his plan and cause changes, so she sat in the car alone and didn't move.

It was Joze who discovered her first.

He was busy at first, and habitually glanced at his watch while holding a water glass to drink.Because she was staying with Huang Chang, he was worried that she would have an accident, so he unknowingly formed the habit of checking her whereabouts at any time. At this moment, he saw the black dot on the dial, which was very close to him.

He looked up at the window, put down his water glass, stood up, walked to the window, opened the curtain and looked down, and soon saw a familiar car parked under someone else's store.

It was the car he left for her to drive, and Joze recognized it at a glance, and also saw the people in the car, sitting there motionless.

The setting sun fell on her through the car window, making her figure lonely and desolate.

He lowered the curtains, turned and went downstairs.

She was in such a trance that her entire face was blank and she didn't notice him approaching.

Qiao Ze bent over and knocked on the car window.

Lu Miao turned her head, slowly, looking a little dazed, and when she saw him, her eyes finally got into focus, accompanied by a slight sense of unease.

She rolled down the window.

"Why don't you go up?" he asked.

It's not "Why are you here", just "Why don't you go up", the voice is low and gentle, the head is slightly tilted, and the eyes are looking at her quietly, gentle, tolerant, and hidden worry, just like every day in the past, He always doted on her as best he could.

Lu Miao's nose suddenly became a little sore, and she wanted to cry inexplicably, and some unknown emotions swirled in her chest.

His arm came in from the car window, fell on her shoulder, brushed her hair away, and with a little ingenuity, made her look up at him.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

Lu Miao shook her head: "It's okay." She glanced behind him, "I'm afraid I'll disturb you by going up."

"Stupid." Qiao Ze patted her on the head, opened the car door, and led her upstairs.

As soon as the office door was closed, he turned around and wrapped her in his arms, bowed his head and kissed her.

She quietly let him kiss, but he clearly felt that her mind was absent, and her hands were also very cold.

Joze stopped and looked down at her.

"Daimao, you have something to do."

She pursed her lips and looked at him, a little hesitant to speak.

"Lu Miao." His tone was a bit more serious. She used to speak whenever she had something to say, and never hesitated like this.

"I..." She hesitated, "I want to ask you something..."

Joze: "Say it."

"Do you think there is something wrong with me?" she asked, "Why are you investigating me?"

"..." He didn't expect her to ask such a question suddenly, and he was immediately stopped.

She didn't urge her, but just looked up at him, her eyes were confused, and there was still a faint trace of imperceptible loss, but she didn't blame him.

She fully respects and understands any of his actions and decisions, and she trusts him wholeheartedly.

It was so pure that he... Unconsciously tightened his arms, encircling her in his arms.

She was still stuck in her own confusion: "Did you find any unspeakable doubts during your investigation, so you think I'm not clean?"

"But I'm a policeman, an anti-narcotics policeman." She emphasized, earnestly and persistently, "How could I have anything to do with these things?"

His eyes fell on her eyes, and her eyes were completely serious, but also frank and direct, without any pretense.

Everything from his eyes to his expression showed that his investigation of her was unreasonable.

"Stay Miao." He hugged her a little tighter, lowered his head slightly, and pressed his thin lips against her forehead.

"I'm sorry." He apologized in a low voice, "I don't doubt you. It's just that there are doubts that are not good for you. I want to find out the reason."

His explanation easily comforted her, and her mood, which had been suffering for two days, strangely improved.

"It's okay." She whispered, a little uncomfortable, because of her self-pity and cranky thoughts for the past two days.

Qiao Ze could clearly see that the knot between her brows had gradually unraveled. Her mind had always been pure in front of him. She dealt with everything on her own, never relying on him, but completely trusting him and understanding him.Even though he was too busy to talk to her these days, he was a little deliberately indifferent to her, and he might even know that he and Huang Jiayin got a little close recently, but she never made noise, and never asked him why , I just firmly believe that he is for work, so sensible... It makes him feel bad.

Every time he got to know her better, his love for her grew deeper.

He didn't understand how there could be such a stupid person.

How can a person who has lived through such a life and experience be so stupid.

But people are so stupid, and those people tried their best to drive her to death one by one, Chen Qi, Ren Yu, Zhang Qi, Xu Jiaqian, Huang Chang...

His heart hurts, and he really wants to hold her tightly like this, all the time...

His arms hugging her unconsciously tightened little by little, and the sudden ringing of the mobile phone interrupted this rare silence.

Joze freed one hand and took the phone.

Afraid that it would be inconvenient for him, Lu Miao wanted to get out of his arms, but he took a small step back before being pulled back into his arms, and later realized that he could hear the phone ringing.

"Can you hear me?" she asked in surprise.

He never mentioned it to her, and nodded: "Yes, basically recovered."

Originally, he was worried that she would sulk because he didn't tell her the good news, but he didn't expect her to be happier than him.

"That's great." She said, with a slight annoyance on the corners of her bent lips, "No wonder you haven't let me go back to Shang Qi's place recently, I'm useless to you." The joy of hearing.

Her attitude made him feel a little guilty. He should have told her immediately about his recovery of hearing.

A lot of thoughts of "should" and "shouldn't" circulated in his brain, colliding with emotions of regret. The person was clearly in front of him, but he couldn't help but began to reflect on whether he was not good enough for her.

"Why didn't you answer the phone?" She pointed to his cell phone which was still ringing.

He glanced at her with complicated eyes, but finally said nothing, took her into his arms with one hand, and picked up the phone.

It was Shang Qi who called, with a hint of excitement in his voice: "Mr. Qiao, Mr. Huo wants to see you."

The depths of Qiao Ze's eyes were sharp because of these words, and finally...

In the past few days, because he has firmly controlled Huang Chang's business, the entire drug supply within the Huo Group is almost half out of stock.Mr. Huo is in charge of the group. Although he is firmly in control of the industry chain, he cannot do everything by himself after all. The general direction is controlled by him, and the small direction still has to be delegated to subordinates. In addition, Huang Chang has the intention of rebellion, so Huang Chang Also mastered part of their own offline market.Now Qiao Ze has full power to take over Huang Chang's business, and with the help of the contacts he managed under Huang Chang, he has indeed strangled this part of Huang Chang's "production and supply" chain, suppressing the delivery of goods.What he meant was to meet Mr. Huo first, see what Mr. Huo meant, and then decide how to deal with these orders.

Shang Qi conveyed his meaning several times, but Mr. Huo rejected them for various reasons.Qiao Ze was not in a hurry, on the one hand, he didn't see Mr. Huo and didn't deliver the goods, and on the other hand, he went in and out with Huang Jiayin to get closer, and he was deliberately indifferent to Lu Miao. He wanted to use this to test Mr. Huo's bottom line .

Now that Huang Chang's "production-supply" chain is being tightened by him, the original stable supply of goods is cut off from the source, and the original orderly business network seems to be going wrong, Mr. Huo can't sit idly by; another reason may be It's Lu Miao.

If it is really the person he guessed...

Qiao Ze thought it would take a few more days, but he didn't expect Mr. Huo to contact him so soon.

He slowly closed his eyes.

"Okay." He whispered into the microphone, "When and where?"

He turned slightly to the side to put some distance between Lu Miao and Lu Miao, not wanting Lu Miao to hear the time and place of their meeting.

Shang Qi gave him an address and made an appointment tonight.

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Ze looked at Lu Miao: "I have something to go out tonight, you can go back after dinner later, huh?"

Lu Miao vaguely heard the word "Mr. Huo" on the other end of the phone.

"See Mr. Huo?" she asked.

Joze glanced at her and nodded.

"Can't I...can't we go there together?" She asked hesitantly.

"I want to meet the person first and confirm his identity before we talk about it." Qiao Ze said, "This time the past is a bit dangerous, and I don't want you to be in danger."

Lu Miao nodded: "Okay. You must pay attention to safety when you are alone." She warned worriedly.

After dinner, Qiao Ze was going to send her back first, but Lu Miao didn't let her go, urging him to go there quickly, don't delay.

She insisted on sending him away before she left, but after Qiao Ze left, Lu Miao did not go back, but drove after him, carefully keeping a distance, so that Qiao Ze did not notice his whereabouts.

Mr. Huo's location is in a private club in the suburbs, which is private and highly secretive.

Lu Miao parked the car in front of a beauty salon opposite the clubhouse, watched Qiao Ze park the car, got out of the car and entered the clubhouse, when she was about to get out of the car, a tall figure who came out of the car next door to Qiao Ze suddenly came into her eyes, slightly The familiar figure made Lu Miao move.

When he closed the car door, his face slightly turned to Lu Miao's side, and when the familiar facial features fell into his eyes, Lu Miao fell back to his seat.

Lu Xiaocheng, the real Lu Xiaocheng.

I haven't seen him for more than five years. He has grown a lot taller, and his figure has also become tall and straight.

He was wearing sunglasses and followed by two people.

Lu Miao's mind went blank for a moment, and her palms were icy cold. His dress and posture prevented her from rushing out to call him like last time.

She stabilized her mind, followed him secretly, and sneaked into the stairs while he was waiting for the elevator.

When Qiao Ze called in the afternoon, she vaguely heard Shang Qi's words, and knew which floor they were meeting on.

When she came out of the stairs, Lu Xiaocheng had just come out of the elevator for a while, and led the two of them all the way to the private room at the end, and then stopped at the door of the private room at the end. The person on his left knocked on the door, and the door was blocked by The inside opened, and Shang Qi appeared at the door.

Lu Miao's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the valley, his heart was flustered, his legs were weak, and he could hardly stand up.

Shang Qi brought Lu Xiaocheng into the private room, and introduced to Qiao Ze with a smile: "Mr. Qiao, this is Mr. Huo."

"This is Mr. Qiao." Shang Qi introduced, "You should have met each other last time."

Qiao Ze didn't expect that the person who came was Lu Xiaocheng, he paused slightly, looking at him with a bit of inquiry.

Lu Xiaocheng in front of him was in a black coat and a black super, with the corners of his mouth tightly pursed, his smile serious, and his airs raised, he looked much calmer, completely different from the impulsive young man who threatened him in the dark alley earlier.

"Mr. Huo?" Qiao Ze asked.

Lu Xiaocheng took off his sunglasses, nodded slightly at him, and stretched out his hand: "Mr. Qiao, I have admired your name for a long time."

Qiao Ze also stretched out his hand and shook hands with him slightly, his eyes swept across several people in the room calmly, all of them became respectful because of Lu Xiaocheng's appearance.

Qiao Ze's interest suddenly faded. The person he wanted to see was right in front of him, but it was as if someone had poured cold water on him, extinguishing the excitement brought about by going deep into the core of the case.

Shang Qi greeted everyone to sit down, chatting while eating.

Qiao Ze lost interest and tried to test Lu Xiaocheng a few times, but he responded calmly and politely, it seemed that it was indeed the case, but it didn't look like it.

Qiao Ze put down the chips and moved out Huang Jiayin, who was not present. She is the one who holds the real power, and she has to make the decision. This meeting did not agree on anything, and Mr. Huo stayed for about an hour before leaving.

After the dinner was over, Qiao Ze got up and sent him downstairs, each said goodbye and left.

Qiao Ze watched Lu Xiaocheng and Shang Qi leave one after another, and slowly let out the breath that was suppressed in his chest. He didn't feel relaxed, but felt a little tired instead.

He raised his wrist to look at the time habitually, and then switched it habitually, wanting to check Lu Miao's situation, but he didn't expect to see a black spot very close at a glance.

He looked up and scanned around.

Lu Miao honked the horn and turned on the double flash. Qiao Ze quickly spotted her and walked towards her.

Lu Miao watched him approach and opened the car door.

Qiao Ze bent over and sat in, turned his head to look at her: "Followed me all the way?"

Afraid that he would blame her, Lu Miao nodded hesitantly: "I'm fine."

"See it all?" he asked, his eyes falling on her face.

She pursed her lips slightly and nodded her head slightly.

"Mr. Huo...is that Lu Xiaocheng?" She asked, although she tried her best to restrain herself, her voice was still trembling.

Qiao Ze didn't say yes or no: "Let's go back first."

Lu Miao held the steering wheel without moving: "I want to find him."

Qiao Ze stared at her for a few seconds, took out his mobile phone, dialed a number, and told the traffic control team about Lu Xiaocheng's license plate number and the road he just walked, and asked them to check the real-time trajectory of this license plate number .

After hanging up the phone, his chin moved slightly slightly: "Sit back to the co-pilot."

According to the real-time driving trajectory of Lu Xiaocheng transmitted from the phone, Qiao Ze quickly took a shortcut to shorten the distance and followed him.

Lu Xiaocheng's people didn't notice that anyone was following them, and drove the car into a single-family villa in the eastern suburbs. The three got out of the car together, and then entered the villa together.

Lu Miao turned to look at Qiao Ze: "I want to go and have a look."

"Is it okay?" She asked, whether she was thinking about her own identity, or did she ask for Qiao Ze's opinion first.

Qiao Ze raised his eyes, looked at the living room of the villa with the lights on, pondered for a while, nodded, turned off the car, and got out of the car with her.

Lu Miao went to ring the doorbell.

Accompanied by a question of "who?", the door was quickly pulled open from the inside, and it was Lu Xiaocheng who opened the door.

When the four eyes meet, Lu Xiaocheng's gaze pauses, the hand resting on the door panel moves, and he grabs the door and wants to slam it. Lu Miao directly crosses his arm across the crack of the door without blocking it, so startled that Lu Xiaocheng hastily pulled He closed the door and looked at her with complicated eyes.

"Xiao Cheng, what do you want to do?" She asked, her voice was not loud, shallow and gentle.

Lu Xiaocheng's expression showed a little embarrassment, he called her "sister" hesitantly, and then glanced at Qiao Ze beside her.

"I followed you to find him." Lu Miao said, "I was looking for him, and I just saw you leave, so I followed you all the way."

"A while ago at the Anxing Port, you were the one who drove the black Passat to save me, right?" she asked.

Lu Xiaocheng looked at her, neither saying yes nor no.

Lu Miao glanced into the room: "Xiao Cheng, can sister go in?"

Lu Xiaocheng's eyes hesitated for a moment, but he still let go of the hand on the door panel: "Come in."

Lu Miao entered the room holding Qiao Ze's arm.

The other two men in the room were also there, sitting on the sofa and playing with their mobile phones, they were all taken aback when they saw Lu Miao and Qiao Ze coming in.

Lu Xiaocheng winked at them, and the two got up and left wisely.

Lu Miao looked at Lu Xiaocheng, feeling a little emotional: "It's so tall." He raised his hand on his head to compare his height, "It's so much taller than me all of a sudden."

"Where have you been these past few years?" Lu Miao asked again, "Why haven't you contacted your family?"

"I'm ashamed to see you." Lu Xiaocheng avoided her eyes, "I'll get you a glass of water."

Lu Miao fell silent, looking at his tall and thin back, it took a lot of effort to restrain his emotions.

She wanted to ask him why he sold drugs and how he became Mr. Huo... There are too many questions, but none of them are suitable for asking now.

Lu Xiaocheng came over with water and handed it to her and Qiao Ze. Just like back then, he was still silent and introverted.

Although Lu Miao and him are close, but because of their personalities, they don't talk much, and they are mostly silent when they are together, especially since they haven't seen each other for so many years, they are somewhat unfamiliar.

Lu Miao drank water, sat down on the sofa, looked up at the room, and asked him: "Xiao Cheng, do you live here alone?"

Lu Xiaocheng hummed.

"I...can I move here to live with you?" Lu Miao asked hesitantly.

Joze glanced at her.

Lu Xiaocheng also looked at her, and then at Qiao Ze.

Holding the water glass, Lu Miao looked at him hesitantly: "It's fine if it's inconvenient for you. I just don't like the feeling of being under the fence to watch people's faces. I feel more comfortable living with my family."

Lu Xiaocheng was silent for a while: "It's okay, you can move here."

Lu Miao was going to move there the next day, and Qiao Ze helped her pack her luggage together.

The move was decided temporarily, and Lu Miao didn't discuss it with Qiao Ze. When he came back last night, Qiao Ze was a little angry because of this incident. Now, although he helped her pack her luggage, he had a stinky face and didn't speak all morning.

Lu Miao obviously felt his silence, she packed her luggage quietly for a while, walked up to him, and hugged his arm actively: "Qiao Ze, are you unhappy?"

As soon as she called his name in such a soft voice, all his temper was suppressed by her, but he was still angry with her to some extent, and looked at her with a straight face: "You know what you are doing?" What are you doing?"

She hummed: "I know." Looking up at him, "I can distinguish between public affairs and private affairs. I won't show favoritism."

Seeing that she didn't speak, Qiao Ze was silent for a while, and finally hugged her: "Take care of yourself." Then he turned around and helped her tidy up the small things in the drawer.

She doesn't have any girls' jewelry, and there is only a red amulet in the whole drawer, the size of a thumb, which looks a little old.

He picked it up and looked at it. Lu Miao just turned around and saw it, and took it with some embarrassment: "This is what Lu Xiaocheng begged for me when I was a child. It is very old. I have been keeping it and I am not willing to throw it away."

She put the things in her wallet like a baby, thought about it and handed it to him.

"Can I give it to you?" she said, her cheeks flushed because of embarrassment. "This amulet is quite a blessing. You see, Lu Xiaocheng and I were fine at the time."

Qiao Ze smiled and took it. The two have been together for so long, and he hasn't given her a gift yet.

When he was thinking about giving her a gift after working for a while, she had already packed her luggage.

Qiao Ze drove her there himself.

The two of them haven't been together for a long time, but they always seem to be in this kind of separation, and they don't even have time to have a good meal.

For a moment, he even felt tired, something he had never experienced before.

He closed his eyes, suppressed the sudden surge of negative emotions, leaned over to hug her, kissed her, a little reluctant to let go.

Lu Miao blushed slightly and avoided his demanding kiss: "It's not that I won't come back, don't worry about me."

Qiao Ze stroked her hair, didn't speak, and let her get out of the car after seeing enough.

Lu Miao officially moved to Lu Xiaocheng's place.

I haven't seen her for a few years, but Lu Xiaocheng still takes good care of her sister.

He seems to be very busy, but not too busy. He stays at home all day and only goes out to answer the phone once in a while.

As for why he has money to live in such a luxurious house, Lu Xiaocheng has always been tight-lipped.

Lu Miao checked his office and computer when he was not at home, but found nothing suspicious.

Qiao Ze still insisted on controlling Huang Chang's business, and was at a stalemate with Mr. Huo.

He couldn't understand how a 23-year-old young man from a poor background managed to control such a large drug trafficking group step by step, especially not long ago, he was only involved in the drug trade of Shang Qi and Wu Manman as a drug dealer .

He tried to investigate further from other places, but the appearance of Lu Xiaocheng seemed to block all the roads, making it impossible for him to find out.

This taste is not very pleasant.

Lu Miao clearly sensed his anxiety and frustration, so whenever he was free these days, he found time to accompany him, eating and taking walks together.

The same is true today.

She called Qiao Ze in the afternoon, heard the tiredness in his voice, secretly drove to wait for him downstairs in his office, and asked him to have dinner together.

Qiao Ze's fatigue disappeared instantly when he saw her, and the short time together became the most relaxing moment for each other, but tonight they didn't stay together for long, and the short sweetness was interrupted by Zhou Minmin's sudden call.

Since being brought back by Chen Yizi, Zhou Minmin's visits to Lu Miao have become less frequent, but he will still call her from time to time, and Lu Miao will occasionally go back to see her when he is free.

Lu Miao felt sorry for this little girl who suffered such drastic changes in her family. Therefore, she almost never refused to answer Zhou Minmin's phone calls. Unexpectedly, as soon as she answered, her timid voice came from the other end of the phone: "Sister, what are you doing? Can you come to my house to accompany me? The little aunt is out, and I can't."

Similar words and similar scenes made Lu Miao stand up in shock. She thought of the night Zhou Jun was arrested, and Zhou Minmin also said the same thing.

"Minmin, is the house on fire again?" She asked anxiously.

"No." Zhou Minmin denied in a low voice, but it still made Lu Miao feel uneasy.

"You wait for my sister at home for a while, she will be here soon, okay?"

Zhou Minmin obediently said hello.

Qiao Ze also stood up and looked at her: "What's wrong?"

Lu Miao shook her head: "I don't know, it feels weird. The last time Zhou Minmin called me when there was a fire at home, she also said similar things to me."

"Go and have a look first." Qiao Ze pulled Lu Miao, paid the bill and passed.

It is only a few minutes' drive from Chen Yizi's house.

When the two went downstairs, they didn't see anything unusual from the closed blackout curtains in Chen Yizi's house. They didn't expect to knock on the door, but they heard the faint crackling sound of burning in the house.

Lu Miao knocked on the door and anxiously called Zhou Minmin's name, but there was no answer.

She tried to twist the doorknob, and the door opened.

The fire was raging in the room, and the fire spread. Zhou Minmin stood in the fire, quiet and well-behaved, holding a small water basin in his hand. There was no trace of panic. Seeing her and Qiao Ze coming in, he smiled slowly at them.

"Sister, you are here."

The curved corner of her mouth reflected a sense of strangeness in the firelight, and Lu Miao was so startled that she called out to her, "Minmin?"

Lu Miao instinctively wanted to rush towards her, but Qiao Ze grabbed his arm and pulled him aside: "Stand still."

He cautiously looked around and found nothing unusual, so he looked at Zhou Minmin.

She stood in the firelight, not frightened or frightened, her usual shyness and obedience were all gone, only her weird smile and eyes remained.

"Sister, let's set fire to them, shall we?" She asked, her voice was very soft, like a snake letter, and Lu Miao's back was covered in cold sweat, and she called her eagerly.

Zhou Minmin's eyes turned to confusion in an instant, and then to fear.

"Huo...huo...sister, what a big fire..." She cried and cried, looking shocked and frightened.

Qiao Ze and Lu Miao looked at each other, stepped forward and hugged her.Zhou Minmin lay on his shoulder, and suddenly became fierce again, gritting his teeth and beating Qiao Ze's shoulder: "Burn you all, burn you all..."

When she came in front of Lu Miao, she became frightened again, trembling and crying, as if she was quite frightened, she crawled towards Lu Miao's body.

Qiao Zeyuan refused to let her go, but Lu Miao had already reached out to her and hugged her.

Zhou Minmin lay on her shoulder in horror, crying softly while calling her "sister, sister".

Qiao Ze escorted the two of them downstairs.

Firefighters have arrived and started putting out the fire.

Qiao Ze escorted the two of them to a safe place downstairs. Zhou Minmin was terrified, and kept crying while hugging Lu Miao. No matter how Lu Miao tried to comfort her, it was useless. He no longer had the weird and vicious look in the firelight just now.

Qiao Ze was suspicious. Whether it was the fire or Zhou Minmin just now, he was suspicious.

He glanced at Lu Miao, and after making sure that Zhou Minmin was fine, he turned around and went upstairs to help put out the fire.

The fire upstairs has been basically brought under control. The fire spread from the living room to the bedroom. Firefighters are putting out the remaining fire.

Qiao Ze went to help, trying to put out the flames in the bedroom.

The fire had already reached the bottom of the bed. Qiao Ze lifted the entire mattress, and there were a lot of things under the bed, including woven bags and a black suitcase.

The woven bag has been swallowed by the flames, and the flames are rushing towards the black suitcase next to it.

Qiao Ze picked up the suitcase and threw it aside. Unexpectedly, the box was unlocked. Due to excessive force, the box fell apart, and a black sniper rifle suddenly appeared in front of him.

Qiao Ze paused, closed the box with his backhand, and called Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan came over quickly and brought the things back to the bureau.

Qiao Ze didn't go there together, so he and Lu Miao sent Zhou Minmin to the hospital for an examination.

There is nothing wrong with her body, but the mental aspect, the doctor suspects multiple personality split.

"Multiple personalities?" Qiao Ze's heart beat twice because of these four words, and he looked at Lu Miao who was accompanying Zhou Minmin outside the room.

The doctor nodded: "Judging from her life experience, her performance before and after, and the interview just now, it is likely to be a multiple personality split. It means that there are two or more unique personalities in her body, and each personality is at a certain time. Dominant. These personalities are independent of each other, with their own unique memories, traits, and behavior patterns, but usually the original personality is unaware of the existence of the other personality, and the new personality has an influence on the original personality. quite understanding."

Qiao Ze felt heavy in his heart for no reason, and unconsciously glanced at Lu Miao.

She was sitting on the bench in the corridor, comforting Zhou Minmin in a low voice, facing him sideways, with a gentle and soft side face, and did not notice his eyes.

"This...is usually formed under what circumstances?" After a long time, Qiao Ze spoke with difficulty.

"It is usually formed after experiencing severe psychological trauma, such as being abused, sexually assaulted, abandoned, or experiencing disasters, etc., especially in childhood. This is a period when the personality is not yet fully developed, and it is severely traumatized or mentally stimulated. At this time, in order to separate themselves from the pain around them, they may separate another personality through the self-spiritual defense mechanism to help and protect themselves. At this time, if they cannot be well channeled and dealt with, this split The sub-personalities that come out will always be dissociated from their original bodies. When they encounter similar situations or suffer from mental stimulation, the dissociated sub-personalities may be stimulated and become hostile. At this time, they may suddenly become Become another person, with a completely different identity, thinking and behavior awareness, but they themselves may not be aware of this change, and they will forget everything that happened during this period."

"..." Qiao Ze felt his head buzzing, as if he was suddenly poured with a basin of ice water, completely cold from head to toe, and unconsciously looked at Lu Miao outside the door.

Perhaps his gaze was too strong, Lu Miao turned her head back in a daze, and when she met his gaze, she frowned worriedly: "What's wrong?"

Qiao Ze shook his head, looked away, and looked at the doctor.

The doctor continued: "Their dissociated sub-personality is generally split out in response to trauma and for self-protection, so it usually has a certain purpose, such as to win sympathy, resist, Vengeful, or otherwise, there may be a trait that is diametrically opposed to the subject's personality, for example, the main body is kind and cowardly, while the other may be strong and vicious.

"Judging from Zhou Minmin's life experience and experience, another revenge personality may have been separated in her body. She may have had a strong sense of saving her mother when she witnessed her mother being sexually assaulted, and even put it into action, such as arson. Therefore, it is possible that the two arsons were deliberately done by another personality of hers."

Qiao Ze's eyes met his. Zhou Minmin set fire for the first time. Although the investigation results showed that she did it, no one thought about it intentionally. It was just a child who was ignorant.

"The child needs to be treated," said the doctor.

Qiao Ze nodded. When he went out, Lu Miao saw the faint paleness on his face at a glance, and got up worriedly.

"what happened?"

Qiao Ze shook his head, suddenly reached out and hugged her: "It's okay."

Chen Yizi has also hurried over at this moment, along with Xu Jiayan, walking in a hurry.

"Is Minmin okay?" Chen Yizi asked worriedly.

Xu Jiayan glanced at Qiao Ze, then at Lu Miao, and said hello.

"She's fine." Lu Miao said, allowing her to hug Zhou Minmin.

"There's nothing serious about your health." Qiao Ze said, pointing to the automatic drink machine in the hall, then turned his head and said to Lu Miao, "Go get me a bottle of water."

"Okay." After Lu Miao responded, the person had already passed away.

Qiao Ze looked at Xu Jiayan and Chen Yizi: "The doctor said that Zhou Minmin may have a split personality."

Xu Jiayan's complexion paled suddenly.

Qiao Ze's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

Lu Miao quickly brought back the water, and the atmosphere didn't seem right, so she looked at Qiao Ze worriedly: "What's the matter?"

"It's okay." Qiao Ze took the water, "Due to the upheaval in the family this year, Zhou Minmin may have some mental problems, just cooperate with the treatment."

He and Chen Yizi gave some instructions, and they pulled Lu Miao away.

Along the way, Qiao Ze didn't speak, just drove the car in silence. Lu Miao chatted with him several times, but he just gave her a perfunctory smile.

When he got home and got off the car, Lu Miao took the initiative to hold his hand, and suddenly found that his palm was very cold, and there was even a faint cold sweat in the palm, which had never happened before.

"What's the matter with you?" She raised her head and asked him, "Your hands are so cold."

The tone was as gentle as ever, and the eyes in the dark night were so soft that water could be squeezed out, and there was worry in the eyes, without any concealment.

Qiao Ze shook his head, pulled out his arm, and suddenly pulled her into his arms, hugging her so tightly that Lu Miao was aching from being strangled by his arm.

His reaction made her flustered, she didn't dare to move, she let him hold her body stiffly, and asked him in a daze, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay." His answer was still just two words.

As soon as the door closed when he got home, he turned around, hugged her, lowered his head, and kissed her.

Although Qiao Ze always likes to kiss her unexpectedly like this on weekdays, he seldom traps her in his arms without saying a word, kisses her with his head down, a little impatient, like a trapped animal, eager to break through something, but It was gentle and caring, but also seemed to have a sense of despair that was lingering to death. From kissing her to falling off the bed, every movement of his was deep and forceful. His ten fingers were tightly intertwined with hers from beginning to end, and his eyes were also tight. Staring at her, calling her name over and over again.

In the second half of the night, she was tossed into a deep sleep.

He looked at her peaceful sleeping face, but he couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

She was right in front of him, all right, but it made him panic for no reason. From the moment the words "dual personality" popped into his mind, the feeling of panic like falling into an ice cave was lingering.

Childhood trauma, the night she can't remember at all, those nights in Macau, when she first met Chen Qi, her strange reaction in slumber and eager to wake up, Zhang Qi said "she killed Ren Yu", Xu Jiaqian said "She's a lunatic", the strange eyes he saw when he woke up from the nightmare, and Xu Jiayan's sudden pale face when he faced Zhou Minmin's dual personality... All the inexplicable reasons seem to be due to the words "dual personality" With a reasonable explanation.

Such conjectures made Qiao Ze panic. The one with the dual personality was obviously Zhou Minmin, not Lu Miao.

He kept telling himself that it was impossible for Lu Miao to have such a problem. It was impossible for a girl who worked so hard, broke free from the shackles of fate and lived a good life, to have such a problem.

Lu Miao did not have any problems that he was worried about that night. She slept peacefully all night. She blushes slightly from embarrassment.

Without telling her, Qiao Ze went to an authoritative psychiatrist and mentioned her symptoms to the psychiatrist, but because she did not participate in the consultation, the doctor could not give a definite answer.

Her condition could also be selective amnesia, the selective forgetting of painful realities out of self-preservation.

Joze would rather believe it was the latter.

After weighing it up, he brought up the matter of Zhou Minmin's "dual personality" to Lu Miao. If she did deliberately set fire to save her mother when she witnessed her mother being raped, it might explain why her house caught fire when she was alone twice. s reason.

The person who knew the situation that night best, Lu Miao thought of Ding Li who was still in the drug rehabilitation center.

She went to find Ding Li.

Not seeing her for a few months, Ding Li's complexion has improved a lot, and her spirit has also improved a lot.

Lu Miao mentioned Zhou Minmin's dual personality to her, and Ding Li was shocked for a long time, tears streaming down her face, crying uncontrollably.

That night, Zhou Minmin, who witnessed her mother being gang-raped, did try to save her mother by picking up the scented candles on the table. She lit the tablecloth and cried, "Burn you guys!" , burn you to death", exactly the same as Joze's reaction when he rescued her that day.

Combining the psychiatrist's statement and on-site investigation, Qiao Ze can basically confirm that the two fires were caused by Zhou Minmin on purpose.She was left alone at home. When she woke up at night, it happened to be about the same time. The scented candles burning in the house may be the point that triggered the awakening of her other personality. The mother she could not save became her obsession. , time and time again, she tried to save her mother back through this destructive way.

She loves her mother very much, this is what Ding Li told Lu Miao.

Qiao Ze could understand the absence of Zhou Minmin's father Zhou Jun the first time, but the second time, Chen Yizi's absence was indeed doubtful, especially the sniper rifle that Qiao Ze found under her bed.

Xiao Zhan gave him the gun identification results the next day.

Chen Yizi had a real gun hidden in his home, and the type of bullet used was exactly the same as the bullet that shot Li Yuanxiang.

The appraisal result was handed over to Qiao Ze by Xiao Zhan himself. When the conclusion came out, the two exchanged glances.

With such precise marksmanship, Qiao Ze deduced that the suspect was at least an amateur shooter, but Chen Yizi has been with Xu Jiayan since he graduated from university, and his work is a secretary, which has nothing to do with any shooting events.

"Investigate Chen Yizi." Qiao Ze finally said in a calm voice. After giving the order, he got up, took out his mobile phone, called Lu Miao, and asked her to go see Zhou Minmin together.

Zhou Minmin has been taken back to Chen Yizi's home, and Chen Yizi's mother also came to help take care of her.

When Qiao Ze and Lu Miao passed by, Chen Yizi and her mother were there. Her mother opened the door. Chen Yizi was rummaging in the bedroom, but she didn't find them entering the house. While searching, she asked her mother, "Mom, what about cleaning the house these two days? Did you see the black box under my bed?"

She looked up after asking, and saw Lu Miao and Qiao Ze entering the room, smiled at them apologetically, stood up, and came to greet them.

Qiao Ze sized up Chen Yizi calmly while changing his shoes. He was about 1.6 meters tall and thin. His body shape and weight were exactly in line with the suspect he deduced at the beginning.

Chen Yizi saw that Qiao Ze and Lu Miao were changing shoes, and stopped them with a smile: "No need to change them, I have to clean them later."

"It's okay, it's not good to dirty the floor." Qiao Ze said, taking the opportunity to bend over to change his shoes, he glanced at the shoe rack, and the shoes fit the size.

Zhou Minmin came out with a doll in her arms at this moment, she had recovered to the usual timid little girl, called Lu Miao "sister", and walked towards her.

She has an inexplicable sense of dependence on Lu Miao.

Qiao Ze looked at the thin and helpless little girl in front of him, but what appeared in front of him was Lu Miao when he was five or six years old.

She was an accident, and Lu Miao was a long-term abuse and sudden abandonment.

One is from heaven to hell suddenly, and the other is long-term mental retardation, and finally panic becomes a reality. The degree of trauma is similar.

What Qiao Ze was afraid of was that Zhou Minmin's body reflected another Xiao Lumiao, before she knew it.

Because of this guess, Qiao Ze's heart that had just been let go was raised again, as if being pinched by someone, hanging up and down, unable to realize it.

Lu Miao faintly noticed that he was absent-minded, and after seeing Zhou Minmin, she left with him after a while.

For their departure, Chen Yizi seemed relieved.

Joze had been observing her calmly since entering the room, her eyes and small movements revealed her anxiety, and the missing gun made her uneasy.

When he and Lu Miao entered the house, she asked him insinuatingly if he had seen a black suitcase when he helped put out the fire that day.

She said that it was something a friend kept at home, which was more important.Clearly, she knew what was in the box.

"You seem to have something on your mind these two days." Lu Miao's soft voice interrupted his meditation.

The two came out of Chen Yizi's house and just got into the car.

Lu Miao noticed something was wrong when he looked at Zhou Minmin and then looked at her again. He always looked at her with some thoughtful eyes, but he was always good at hiding his thoughts, and she couldn't read the slightest bit from his eyebrows.

This look has been there since he talked with Zhou Minmin's attending doctor, which made her feel a little uneasy, but he didn't say anything.

When he turned his head to look at her, his eyes were still soft, the corner of his mouth showed her a comforting arc, his arms crossed her shoulders, his body was slightly turned, he hugged her into his arms, his cheeks were pressed against the top of her head, and he gently rubbed against her. Yes, very intimate.

She struggled slightly, her voice was muffled: "Don't be so silent every time."

"You make me panic." She raised her head from his arms to look at him, "Is there anything I can't know?"

He looked at her without moving, and she was also looking at him with quiet eyes.

The temperament around her is quiet and peaceful, like a stream, soft and peaceful.

This kind of her...such Lu Miao...

His heart ached, he opened his arms and took her into his arms again.

"Why are you panicking?" he said, even his tone was like teasing her in the past, "won't you allow me to worry about the case?"

As soon as the voice fell, the phone rang.

It was Xiao Zhan who called: "The appraisal result is out, the bullet type and wear marks are exactly the same."

Joze: "OK."

He hung up the phone and turned to look at Lu Miao: "I have something to go to the bureau first, should you go home and rest first or go to Lu Xiaocheng's place?"

Lu Miao thought for a while: "Let's go to Lu Xiaocheng's place. He's not here today, I'll go back and see if there are any clues from him."

Qiao Ze nodded, sent her to the intersection of Lu Xiaocheng's villa, and then went to Xiao Zhan's place.

As soon as he arrived at Xiao Zhan's office, Qiao Ze closed the door and took out a tissue from his coat pocket. There was a vague footprint on the tissue.

While changing shoes at Chen Yizi's house, Qiao Ze secretly stamped footprints on her sneakers with a tissue while Chen Yizi wasn't paying attention.

Deputy Liu was also there. He picked it up and looked at it for a while, then asked someone to take it down for comparison, but the comparison result did not come out, but the person who Deputy Liu arranged to watch Chen Yizi called, saying that Chen Yizi had gone out.

In Qiao Ze's investigation of Chen Yizi, Chen Yizi and Li Yuanxiang had no intersection, and she had no motive for killing, so Qiao Ze guessed that she was entrusted by others.

During the short time he was at Chen Yizi's house, Chen Yizi had been restless after realizing that the gun was missing. If such an important thing was lost, she must discuss it with someone behind the scenes.

Qiao Ze followed Chen Yizi's whereabouts according to the message sent by the police.

He guessed that Chen Yizi was looking for Xu Jiayan, but he didn't expect that she went to Lu Xiaocheng's villa.

Qiao Ze followed her all the way to Lu Xiaocheng's villa, watched her drive slowly into the front yard of the villa, he took out his mobile phone and called Lu Miao.

Not long after Lu Miao got home, there was no one in the house.

She wanted to search his study room while Lu Xiaocheng was away, but when she was flipping through the drawers, her cell phone rang suddenly. She was about to pick it up, but she heard a faint sound of the door opening, so she immediately closed the drawer, walked out, and picked it up Telephone.

"Is Xu Jiayan with you?" Qiao Ze asked endlessly as soon as the phone was connected.

Lu Miao was stunned: "No..."

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the opened door downstairs, and also saw Chen Yizi entering the room.

She paused, subconsciously looking at Chen Yizi.

Chen Yizi didn't see her downstairs, went into the room and scanned around, then picked up the phone and made a call.

After a while, Lu Miao vaguely heard a voice coming from the chess and card room behind him.

Lu Miao looked back at the chess and card room in surprise.

Before going out in the morning, Lu Xiaocheng told her that he had something to go out today. When she came back, she called Lu Xiaocheng a few times, and opened the doors of each room to check. She entered the study only after making sure there was no one there.

She didn't expect that there were people in the house.

Almost instinctively, Lu Miao stepped into his room.

After a while, the chess and card room was opened from the inside, and Lu Xiaocheng came out of the chess and card room yawning. He looked like he had just woken up, and he was still wearing dark home clothes.

In the corner of the chess and card room, there is a sheet for resting. Lu Miao guessed that Lu Xiaocheng fell asleep in it, but she didn't notice it.

Chen Yizi went upstairs and when he saw Lu Xiaocheng, he folded his arms around his chest: "Something happened."

Lu Xiaocheng stopped yawning halfway.

He glanced at her, then at Lu Miao's room, and walked over.

Lu Miao dodged and hid in the closet.

Lu Xiaocheng called her twice outside the house, and closed the door when no one answered.

Through the door, Lu Miao vaguely heard him say to Chen Yizi: "Go to the study."

Lu Miao waited for the footsteps to go away before coming out of the closet and turned on the computer. After a while, Lu Xiaocheng and Chen Yizi appeared on the computer screen.

She put it on while Lu Xiaocheng was not paying attention.

In the study, Chen Yizi stood leaning against the computer desk, with his arms folded around his chest, looking at Lu Xiaocheng: "My gun is gone."

Lu Xiaocheng gave her a strange look: "What gun?"

Chen Yizi: "The gun that killed Li Yuanxiang."

Lu Miao's heart skipped a beat, and she looked at Lu Xiaocheng.

Lu Xiaocheng's calm face hid all his emotions, but he was also cautious, coughed softly with his hands on his lips, and looked around.

"My sister is staying with me these days." He said.

Surprise flashed across Chen Yizi's eyes, and he glanced at the door: "Are you afraid she will know? Doesn't she know everything?" She said, "But your sister is very strange, I remember..."

"Miss Chen." Lu Xiaocheng interrupted her, glanced at his watch, "Go back first, I'll make an appointment with you later."

The man has turned around and opened the door to see off the guests.

Lu Miao turned off the computer, her palms feeling cold.

Footsteps sounded outside the house, from far to near, and then from near to far.

Lu Miao opened the door and stood at the stairs on the second floor. When Lu Xiaocheng came back after seeing off Chen Yizi, he looked up and saw her standing at the stairs.

"Sister?" He called her in surprise, looked around, "When did you come back?"

"It's been a while since I've been back." Lu Miao said, and went downstairs, "That just now...was brother's secretary?"

Lu Xiaocheng hesitated for a while, then nodded: "Brother Xu asked her to send me something."

Lu Miao: "I remember he told me before that he didn't know your whereabouts."

Lu Xiaocheng stared at her for a while: "Sister... look at me now, is there any difference between going back and not going back?"

Lu Miao pursed her lips and didn't answer. She walked to the coffee table and took out a package from her pocket. It was the fake drug that Qiao Ze had given her for self-defense before.

She threw the thing on the table, poured out the powder, took the lighter on the coffee table, and looked like it was about to ignite.

Lu Xiaocheng's complexion changed, and he rushed towards her abruptly, holding her hand.

"Sister, what are you doing?" He yelled at her sharply.

Lu Miao looked at him a little strangely: "Smoking. Don't you just do this now? Only when there are many people like me can you make money, right?"

Lu Xiaocheng suddenly lost control, grabbed the lighter from her hand forcefully, and swept his big hand on the table, everything was swept to the ground.

Lu looked at him blankly.

Lu Xiaocheng was also looking at her, the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed, his lips were trembling, and his eyes were fixed on her.

"Sister, did you really touch these things? Why do you want to touch these things?" He asked, his voice was slightly hoarse.

This kind of Lu Xiaocheng makes her uncomfortable, even after so long, he still thinks of her wholeheartedly like the Lu Xiaocheng many years ago.

She didn't admit it or deny it, she just bit her lip and asked him softly: "Xiao Cheng, since you hate me touching these things so much, why are you still selling drugs?"

Lu Xiaocheng turned his head away.

"Why did you become Mr. Huo?" She asked, "Are you really Mr. Huo? Xiao Cheng, why do you want to sell drugs?"

Lu Xiaocheng still didn't return, turned away his face, his Adam's apple rolled up and down violently.

Lu Miao sat back on the sofa dejectedly.

"Xiaocheng, I used to think that you were forced. You had your reasons. Every time I thought of me causing you to become like that, I felt very uncomfortable. I just thought, if I find you, I will definitely take you to detox. Then we start again. But why are you selling drugs? You obviously hate drugs so much.” Her voice choked up as she spoke, her eyes were red, and she looked up at him, “Xiao Cheng, can you tell me what happened that night? What, why did you traffic in drugs, why did you become Huo..."

"Sister, stop asking." He cut her off with a choked voice.

Lu Miao pursed her lips and didn't speak any more. She was very uncomfortable, but she still couldn't ask anything.

This sense of powerlessness is greater than before.

Since Lu Xiaocheng appeared, she has been suffering every day.She was afraid that he was really Mr. Huo, and that he was really involved in drug trafficking, because that meant the death penalty.

She had been looking for her younger brother for more than five years, but in the end she had to send him to the execution ground through her hands...

"Xiaocheng..." The heavy chest pressed her tears, she grabbed his sleeve, "Let's stop and turn ourselves in, shall we? If something happens to you again, I..." The words were choked up Throat.

Lu Xiaocheng shook off her hand, not much, but it made her heart sink.

"Why did this happen?" she murmured, but no one answered her, and silence spread in the room.

The hesitation and heaviness in her chest made her almost out of breath, and the tears rolled down from her eyes one by one, and she couldn't hold it back.

Lu Miao turned her head away, the depression of the past few days, and this relatively wordless silence almost overwhelmed her, she didn't dare to stay for a moment, got up and went out.She didn't know where she was going, so she just wanted to catch her breath. She was walking aimlessly outside the yard. As soon as she reached the corner of the road, she was awakened by the sound of a horn.

She looked around blankly and saw Qiao Ze's car.

He parked the car beside her and poked his head out of the window.

"What happened?" he asked.

Lu Miao shook his head, opened the co-pilot's door and got into the car.

Qiao Ze's eyes fell on her face, her eyes and nose were red, and she was a little embarrassed.

She ducked her head to avoid his eyes.

He stretched out his arms towards her, hugged her and pressed her into his chest: "Cry out when you feel uncomfortable, don't hold back."

When the hoarse voice came slowly from the top of his head, Lu Miao's emotions could no longer be stretched, tears collapsed like a dam bursting, and the whole body lay on Qiao Ze's chest, sobbing softly, trying to restrain himself He couldn't restrain himself, and the more he cried, the more uncomfortable he was, and he choked up and asked him, "Joze, what should I do? I don't know what to do, why is it him..."

The whole person cried so hard that he almost lost his breath.

The warm tears quickly wet the clothes on his chest, and the wet temperature seemed to have tentacles, penetrating into the texture of the skin, making his heart throbbing and throbbing.

He had never seen her so helpless and sad, but he couldn't do anything except hold her tightly and let her vent.

Many times he thought, if the 15-year-old Lu Xiaocheng hadn't dropped out of school, or if the 15-year-old Lu Xiaocheng hadn't walked into Ren Yu's shop, didn't know Zhang Qi, or if he had a lot of heart for his friends, wouldn't he have been caught? Inducing drug use, there will be no such night five years ago, let alone today?

But no if.

Lu Miao cried for a long time, her voice was hoarse when she stopped, her eyes were red and swollen.

She had never cried in front of others, even if she was so close to Qiao Ze, when she gradually calmed down, she would still feel awkward facing him, and she would avoid looking at him.

"I'm sorry." She sniffed, apologizing for her uncontrollable depression.

Even though they are already together, in her opinion, Joze is still the man who is so strict at work that he is almost cold and extremely principled. It is inappropriate for her to bring her personal emotions to work like this.

Qiao Ze didn't speak, but every time he looked at her, his heart ached even more.

He didn't say too much to comfort her, but just pulled a tissue and wiped away her tears carefully.

He will not tell her to be strong, nor will he persuade her to look forward, she is already very strong, strong beyond all his imagination.

"When you're sad, it's okay to cry for a while." He whispered, holding a tissue, and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes bit by bit, "Dai Miao, before I was your boss, I was also your boyfriend. The one who walks with you hand in hand."

"We'll get married, we'll have kids, we'll have our own little family," he said, slowly, "and we'll get closer and closer, and slowly become the closest and most dependent people in the world. .So no matter what happens, you don't exclude yourself from my world, we are one, you and I are part of each other, understand?"

Lu Miao raised her eyes to look at him, her eyes that were red and swollen from crying were a little wet again.

Qiao Ze lowered his head to kiss her, and in the corner of his eyes, a red car ran towards her out of control.

Qiao Ze quickly pushed Lu Miao away, and quickly started the car with the other hand, holding the steering wheel and making a sharp turn, avoiding the oncoming red car, and the front of the car hit the guardrail on the side of the road , The rushing red car also hit the guardrail on the other side and stopped.

Qiao Ze hurriedly turned his head to look at Lu Miao, relieved to see that she hadn't been hit, and opened the door to get out of the car.

The red car also opened the door, and Huang Jiayin, who was dressed in black, got out of the car tremblingly. Seeing that he was hit badly, he staggered as he walked, but looked at Qiao Ze with provocative and cruel eyes.

Lu Miao looked at Huang Jiayin in surprise, and then at Qiao Ze.

Qiao Ze gently pushed her away: "You go back first."

Lu Miao nodded, got out of the car and left first.

Qiao Ze watched her enter Lu Xiaocheng's villa, turned around and got into the car, and drove away.

Huang Jiayin chased after him.

Qiao Ze drove the car to the Huang's villa, and went straight into the Huang's study.

Huang Jiayin followed, her expression still arrogant, seeing that Qiao Ze had remained silent throughout, she finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"Jiang Xing, don't forget that you are relying on me now, if you flirt with other women in such a grand manner, aren't you afraid that I will make you have nothing?"

Qiao Ze glanced back at her: "We are cooperating."

He leaned over and fumbled around in the drawer, took out a gun, turned his wrist, and pointed the gun at Huang Jiayin abruptly.

Huang Jiayin's expression froze, and he looked at him coldly.

"Don't you just want to hit me to death?" Qiao Ze said, turning his wrist again, and pointed the gun at himself, "Now I will give you this chance."

Huang Jiayin didn't pick up the gun.

Qiao Ze put the gun on the table, turned and opened the drawer, and took out a document from it, which was Huang Chang's offline list and online supply list.

He held the documents and shook them at her: "We only have one common purpose - Shang Qi and Mr. Huo, you avenge yourself, I earn my money, and the rest..." He threw down the stack of documents, " Each according to his own ability."

Huang Jiayin stared at him for a long time, and finally softened his attitude.

"Jiang Xing, am I jealous? Don't you understand what I'm thinking?"

She stepped forward to hold his arm, but Qiao Ze sideways avoided him, and his hand reached out to her: "Where is the video of Gao Yuan before he died?"

This is not the first time he asked her for it, but Huang Jiayin has never seen that video.

"I really don't know where my dad hid the thing. I saw that video for the first time that day." She emphasized, "If I can find it, why should I hide it?"

Qiao Ze stared at her for a while, nodded, turned around and searched for it.

Huang Jiayin came to help, and asked him while looking for it: "Why are you looking for that thing? Why, do you want to avenge my father?"

"You have to know what happened at the time." Qiao Ze responded lightly, and searched the room, but still couldn't find anything like a memory card. He also searched the computer several times, but found nothing.

"I'll find it later for you." After closing the drawer, Huang Jiayin said, after thinking about it, he asked him again, "Are we doing this with Mr. Huo now?"

Qiao Ze looked back at her, Huang Jiayin never took the initiative to mention business matters.

Ever since he met Lu Xiaocheng that time, Qiao Ze hadn't reached an agreement with him, and he suppressed all shipments.Recently, Shang Qi has been urging the goods, especially the goods that need to be transshipped overseas by Ancheng. The volume is large, and the other party is also pressing hard. Stand still.

What he meant was to take the things back into his hands before proceeding to the next step. It was impossible for him to let Qiao Ze or Huang Jiayin control the goods.

"Why did you bring this up all of a sudden?" he asked.

"I promised to ship." Huang Jiayin said, his face still arrogant. "This time, the customer is a regular customer. The volume of goods has always been stable and there are many. If we continue to press down like this, we will offend the regular customers sooner or later. If people They all ran away, and after we took over the entire group, don't we have to find customers again? There is a way to play games with Mr. Huo, and it doesn't necessarily have to sacrifice customers."

Huang Jiayin's tone is completely businessman, which is completely opposite to the behavior of the young lady who was passionate about art.

Qiao Ze looked at her with scrutiny: "You were also in charge of drug dealing before?"

Huang Jiayin twitched his chin slightly: "What, it's a surprise?"

The corner of Qiao Ze's mouth ticked: "Which ones are you responsible for?"

Huang Jiayin: "My dad relies on me the most, what do you think?" She put her hands on the table, "I have already confirmed the time and place of the transaction with the client over there, Mr. Huo has also informed him, and now it is just with Say it."

Qiao Ze didn't move his eyebrows: "What did Mr. Huo say?"

"Of course I agree. This is not a small business. He is watching."

Joze: "When will the deal be?"

Huang Jiayin raised his eyebrows: "Why, are you interested?"

"What do you think?" Qiao Ze met her gaze, "Don't forget, we are cooperating. You decided to ship the deal without telling me, which disrupted the whole plan. Don't tell me that the deal also intends to exclude me ?”

Huang Jiayin: "What if I say yes?"

"In this case." Qiao Ze got up and left, "Then there is no need for us to cooperate. It is the same reason for me to return this part of my business to Shangqi, and it will not affect the cooperation between Suofei and Shangqi. get a good name."

Huang Jiayin stopped him: "Just kidding. Since we are all on the same boat, how can we hide it from you? Isn't this telling you?"

Qiao Ze looked back at her: "Success. If you want to make a deal, I won't stop you, but at least two of the people in charge of the deal must be mine."

Huang Jiayin has no objection.

(End of this chapter)