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When I hung up the phone, I don’t even know.

The sky outside has turned completely dark.

My sister poked her head in and looked at me with concern.

I raised my eyelids and said, "It's okay. I'm okay. A friend... Something happened to a friend..."

My sister was dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.

I twitched the corners of my mouth, rubbed my sister's head, and walked out of the room.

My parents were both in the living room. When they saw me coming out, they both looked at me with concern, but they hesitated to speak, as if they didn't know what to ask me or how to talk to me.

"I'm going out." I said concisely, without explaining what had just happened or what I was going to do next.

My mother said, "Be careful on the road." Although there was a worried expression on her face, she didn't stop me.

My sister called out "brother", but she didn't stop me.

I went to the Sixth Village of Workers and Peasants.

It's almost time for some elderly people to finish their meal and take a walk in the community.

I have been coming to the Sixth Village of Workers and Peasants in the past few days, and due to my previous work, many people in the community know me.

Of course, this understanding is far from friendship. Even if someone wants to get close, after the five of us dealt with it without mercy in the past few days, they no longer have such thoughts.

Someone called out as a greeting. There were also people who wanted to stop me, with serious expressions and suppressed energy.

"Team Leader Lin, look at these plans set by your demolition office. They are all too much. Why can't we all live here and we can't live in separate houses? Our family of three has lived here for more than ten years. Ah. My father was taken care of by me. He had bad legs and I had to carry him up and down the stairs. What did my elder brother do? The names are added. Ask my dad, he also wants to add the names of our family of three. Isn’t this a policy change? Is it troublesome to go through various procedures to add names? He is the property owner? I want..." The middle-aged man who stopped me spoke righteously and was talking about love.

However, when it comes to human relations during demolition, it is at best a change in numbers. It is impossible to talk about human relations with people as a general policy, but must be done in accordance with the law.

I looked at each other in silence.

The middle-aged man didn't feel embarrassed at all and continued to talk, attracting many people to come and watch the fun. He was pointing and talking, as if he was doing some just cause.

After more than ten minutes, he showed no intention of shutting up.

I pictured this family in my mind.

The owner of the house is named Xu Guangzong. He was originally a small leader in the city's No. 3 Iron and Steel Plant, so the family's conditions are very good. The eldest son, Xu Gang, has a promising future and has long since moved out independently and bought a house by himself. However, his registered permanent residence has not been moved out. In the past, when policies were loose, Xu Guangzong was asked to add his name to the real estate certificate. The younger son Xu Tie is a bit incompetent, and now he is an elder. His own son is already twenty years old, but he has been living in Xu Guangzong's house. Because of the shortage of housing, Xu Tie forced Xu Guangzong to live on the balcony in a house with two bedrooms and one living room. He and his wife shared one bedroom, and his son occupied one by himself. He didn't treat Xu Guangzong as well as he said.

When the demolition work began, I didn't take Xu Guangzong's family seriously. Although there are conflicts in this family, Xu Gang himself has become prosperous and is not short of money. He is not so fussy about the amount of demolition and does not care so much about Xu Guangzong's property. Listening to the gossip from people in the Sixth Village of Workers and Peasants, and telling it themselves when their brothers quarreled, Xu Guangzong and his wife originally treated their two sons equally. Xu Gang's name was added to the real estate certificate and they planned to leave the house to him. At that time, the value of the house was not that high. At that time, Xu Tie took Xu Guangzong's own cash deposit of 200,000, and helped Xu Guangzong to do business in a shop borrowed from his connections. As a result, Xu Tie's business failed and he returned to his parents' home in despair, unable to recover. However, Xu Gang did well in the workplace, and was promoted and then promoted step by step. As for the real estate, Xu Guangzong, his wife and Xu Gang originally had equal shares. When his mother passed away and the Xu family was dealing with the inheritance, Xu Tie made a fuss. His name could not be added to the real estate certificate - the intermediary review process and the amount of taxes were not borne by Xu Tie, who was in a tight situation - so he forced Xu Gang lowered its share.

If one party is willing to give in, it won't be a big problem.

But now, several years have passed, and Xu Tie's son has failed to achieve success. He continues to be cowardly, becoming more and more greedy. He didn't know whether it was because of years of knots or because he was too worried. He always wanted to have all the benefits in his hands.

Things that Xu Guangzong and Xu Gang, the two real property owners, didn't care about, but he cared about it. He insisted on making huge gains and forced Xu Guangzong and Xu Gang to make trouble too.

Xu Guangzong and Xu Gang did not support it, and Xu Gang rebuked him directly. The two brothers fell out. Xu Tie couldn't get any favors from him at home, so he turned around and continued to pester us at the demolition office.

We get upset when we see him.

But now, watching Xu Tie's performance, I suddenly felt a little ridiculous.

Such people pursue interests greedily. He is not rich, and perhaps he does not live a very happy life. But he is still alive and well, and he can continue to cause trouble and disgust to others, and he can continue to let his greed ferment and expand.

Li Xingfang's wife and daughter died just like that. Li Xingfang has also been tortured by his own abilities for most of his life, tortured until his ideals were shattered, tortured to the point where he had to retreat again and again, just to survive.

Why?

I've never had such an idea in the past. Seeing those people who were born with silver spoons in their mouths makes me a little envious at best. But everyone has his own destiny. You can't ask for this kind of luck. If you distort yourself because of this, you are really bothering yourself and turning yourself into an ugly person.

But now, I can't help but feel that kind of resentment.

Why?

Is it true as Gu Mo said, people like us have committed sins in our previous lives, can we repay our debts in this life?

Are the family and friends of people like us who made mistakes in the previous life and are being tortured in this life?

If that's the case, I want to know.

I want to know what I did in my previous life, I want to know what Li Xingfang did in my previous life, and I want to know what outrageous things his daughter did in her previous life. She will have to suffer this kind of torture in this life!

Xu Tie's voice slowly lowered and he took a step back, "You, what are you doing? That look in your eyes... what do you mean?"

I ignored Xu Tie, walked past him, and entered Building 6.

I went up to the sixth floor in one breath, held the key hard, and opened the door to Qingye Supernatural Office.

It was quiet inside the cold office.

The sound of the door closing was too loud in this environment.

My originally angry mood suddenly calmed down. Looking at the empty office, I felt a sense of despair.

"Ye Qing, is it true... that no matter what, you can't change our destiny?"