Life is still moving forward as before. But for Xie Yuan, life has become boring. He often stares alone and sits alone in the office to smoke. His happiest time is to be with Yaoyao. Looking at Yaoyao's innocent and cute face, Xie Yuan's heart is like a warm sun in his heart, illuminating his body and his soul.

The early spring of the next year was the spring of 2020. One day it was very late, and when he finished his meal and took a walk, he came to the parking lot. It has become his habit to come here to see whether the van is there. He didn't know why he was like this, and he didn't know whether he wanted to see this van or not. Just as he was smoking a cigarette, he suddenly saw Meng Yuanming walking towards him with a long bag.

Xie Yuan was shining aside, watching Meng Yuanming get in the car and go away. With this experience, Xie Yuan parked his car in the parking lot after get off work. He recorded the time when Meng Yuanming went out that day, and at this time he would go to the parking lot for a while, hoping to meet Meng Yuanming again to drive out. He felt that if the problem was solved at night, it would be much more convenient than during the day. Hard work pays off. After several months of follow-up observation, Xie Yuan finally figured out Meng Yuanming's travel rules and also learned about his travel location.

Meng Yuanming has a hobby, who likes to fish at night. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday night, after the dumpling restaurant is closed, he will drive out to fish. The fishing location is also very fixed, basically on the Guanjiang Platform near the intersection of Shengli Road, Jiangyou Road.

After understanding Meng Yuanming's travel rules, Xie Yuan began to prepare his plan. He could not allow Yaoyao's biological father to share Tian Shan's life, and he could not leave Yaoyao's biological father to compete with him in the future. He wanted to get rid of this thorn in his eyes and the thorn in his flesh. And he had to do it seamlessly, so that Tian Shan and Yaoyao could not be noticed, and could not affect his life for the rest of his life.

Xie Yuan wandered many times to the Guanjiangtai on the river embankment, and was quite satisfied with the location and surrounding environment. He followed Meng Yuanming many times to come here at night, but never met other fishing people. During the day, there were occasional fishermen coming here, but not many. This section of the river embankment has not been developed on a large scale, and the roads on the river embankment are not good, and few cars come here. Xie Yuan once drove up and drove past the river embankment, and there were no sight of the Guanjiangtai from the car.

Xie Yuan had thought of many ways to solve Meng Yuanming.

The first thing he thought of was to get a dagger and insert it into his back from behind while he was unprepared. For this reason, he bought a wild survival knife from the Internet. The 10-cm-long blade was extremely sharp, with serrated teeth on the back of the knife, and the handle of the knife was made of wooden, which was very easy to hold. Later, he gave up this method. He felt that using the knife would cause a lot of bleeding, and it would splash on his body if he didn't do it properly, causing it to be difficult to clean and expose himself. Moreover, using the knife, he was not very sure whether he could accurately pierce the other person's heart.

He also thought that he could strangle Meng Yuanming from behind with a rope. When fishing, he must face the river. If he strangled the other person's neck from behind with a rope, he could also kill him. This method would not cause bleeding, and it was easier to deal with the weapon. But he thought that this might take a lot of effort. Meng Yuanming was younger than him and his physical strength seemed much stronger than him. Even if Meng Yuanming was strangled from behind, he was still unsure whether he could strangle him to death in one breath. If the other party broke free and the two of them fought, he would have no chance of winning. So this method was also denied by Xie Yuan.

Later, he thought that he could use an iron rod to hit Meng Yuanming's head from behind. A handy iron rod hit the back of the opponent's head. Even if he did not die immediately, the opponent would lose the ability to fight back. Moreover, this method is far away from the dead, and even if there is bleeding, it will not easily splash on him. Xie Yuan looked at the telescopic self-defense iron rod on the Internet. He felt that the thing was not reliable. It was too light to have a blow effect. Moreover, if you buy it online, the record would be left. If you find yourself later, the evidence would be too obvious.

He thought of buying a steel pipe. But it was impossible to sell him a section of the steel pipe. If he bought a whole piece, how to cut it short was also a problem. This problem was solved once when he passed by a waste item purchase station. The waste purchase stations were all open at the urban-rural junction, some were in a yard, and some were used as a fence on the side of the road. When Xie Yuan was driving by, he saw a rusty iron pipe stretching out from the cracks of the fence. He stopped the car and pulled it with his hand. The rusty iron pipe was actually pulled out. The iron pipe was about one meter long and 2-3 cm in diameter, which was very handy when holding it. He quickly threw the iron pipe into his trunk and drove away quickly.

When the tools are ready, the next question is how to implement them. The difficulty lies in how to get close to Meng Yuanming.

Although there is a rustling sound of river water flowing on the river surface at night, the river embankment is still relatively quiet. It is not easy to approach Meng Yuanming quietly from behind. From the river embankment to the Guanjiang Platform, there are more than a dozen steps, and the steps are covered with moss. You must be very careful when walking during the day, let alone the situation where there is no lighting at night. If you want to get close to Meng Yuanming who is fishing, you can only use the fishing tools to pretend to go down and fish.

So Xie Yuan decided to buy fishing tools. Although he didn't know how to fish, the owner of the fishing gear store was a fishing expert. He went to the fishing gear store and all the tools were equipped with old sets. In addition to fishing rods, baits, hooks, fishing lines, etc., he also came with a long bag. When Xie Yuan saw that his iron rod could be placed in the bag, it also saved the trouble of hiding the iron rod.

That night Xie Yuan planned to do it.

June 15th was Monday. On the weekend, Xie Yuan told Tian Shan that he was going on a business trip on Monday and would come back on Tuesday afternoon.

Early that morning, Xie Yuan drove to the train station. After parking the train station, he took a taxi to the company. After lunch with his colleagues at noon, he asked the company's driver Xiao Li to take him to the train station.

He bought a high-speed rail ticket to Beijiang City. Beijiang City is more than 200 kilometers away from Zhongjiang City. The high-speed rail arrives in an hour. After leaving the station, he drove a room in a hotel in the city. After checking in, he visited a customer. After leaving the customer's company, he immediately took a taxi to the intersection of the expressway, where many private cars back to Zhongjiang City. After bargaining, he paid 100 yuan in cash to a private car owner. At 8 o'clock in the evening, he appeared in the parking lot of the railway station in Zhongjiang City again.

Seeing that it was still early, Xie Yuan wanted to sleep in the car for a while and keep his energy in dealing with the actions tonight. He put the driver's seat at a comfortable angle, opened a gap in the window and closed his eyes.

Although his eyes were closed, he couldn't sleep. He remembered the scene when he first saw Tian Shan, the way Yaoyao looked when she was born, the slide with her daughter Yaoyao, and the feeling of Tian Shan snuggling on his chest. He felt that as long as he did what he had tonight, everything could go back to the past.

After that, he remembered Meng Yuanming's face wearing a chef's hat, and the way Meng Yuanming held Tian Shan's hand in the underground garage. Hate slowly gathered in his heart, and blood in his body began to flow rapidly.

He sat upright, found the prepared bread and water from the car, and started eating it voraciously.

Since Xie Yuan knew the driving route in advance, he was familiar with Meng Yuanming now. Seeing Meng Yuanming driving the van into the small path in the woods, Xie Yuan slowly parked the car on the side of the road.

Five minutes later, the lights in the woods went out. Ten minutes later, Xie Yuan drove his car into the woods. He turned the car around more than ten meters away from the van so that he could leave in a while.

Xie Yuan opened the trunk, put on gloves, first pulled open the long fishing gear bag and took a look. The rusty iron rod lay safely inside. He pulled up the zipper, picked up the bag, closed the trunk, locked the car, and walked towards the river embankment.

He felt that the fishing gear bag he carried was so heavy. When he was holding it in his hand, he caused his center of gravity to be unstable. The fishing gear bag was constantly exchanged in his left and right hands. The river embankment in June should not be very hot, but he began to sweat. His top was already wet and his shirt was stuck to the reserve, which made him feel particularly uncomfortable.

Usually he could walk to the river embankment in just one minute. This time he no longer remembers how many minutes he had walked. Today was sunny, but it was almost the end of the lunar month. The moon in the sky was only a thin bend, and he could barely see the road under his feet. When he approached the top of the river embankment, Xie Yuan felt exhausted, so he stopped and gasped. The wind in the river blew over the river embankment, which relieved Xie Yuan's body slightly.

Finally, he walked up the river embankment and walked a few dozen meters further, and then went down to the steps of the Guanjiangtai. Xie Yuan took a deep breath and changed the fishing gear bag to his left hand. He kept cheering himself up, be calm! Be calm! You must not be afraid, and you cannot reveal flaws. If you solve this matter today, you will never have any worries in the future.

At this moment, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang. On the silent river embankment, the ringtone of the phone suddenly rang, which scared Xie Yuan. He quickly pressed the volume button of the phone through his pants, and the ringtone stopped abruptly.

He calmed down and took out his cell phone from his pocket. It was Tian Shan called. He quickly took the cell phone and walked a few steps in the opposite direction of Guanjiangtai, carrying the fishing gear bag in his left hand and answering the phone with his right hand.

"Hey." Tian Shan's gentle body sound came from the receiver.

"Hey, Shanshan." Xie Yuan subconsciously agreed, his voice became vague because of his nervousness and not speaking for a long time.

"What's wrong with your throat?" Tian Shan asked with concern.

"It's okay, nothing is wrong." Xie Yuan cleared his throat and said.

"Is things going well?" Tian Shan asked about the business trip.

"Smooth is not a big deal." Xie Yuan replied.

"When will I come back tomorrow?" Tian Shan asked.

"It's afternoon, I'll see another customer in the morning." Xie Yuan replied.

"I haven't fallen asleep yet?" Tian Shan asked.

"I'm ready to go to bed now, good night." Xie Yuan wanted to end the phone as soon as possible.

"Well, by the way, Yaoyao asked you before going to bed." Tian Shan said again.

"What did she ask?" Hearing his daughter's name, Xie Yuan's heart suddenly became warm.

"Ask dad where he went? Why didn't he tell her in advance?" Tian Shan told Xie Yuan.

"Oh, yes, I forgot to tell Yaoyao about the business trip." In fact, Xie Yuan didn't want to tell Yaoyao. He felt that it would be embarrassing to lie in front of Yaoyao, so he only told Tian Shan about the business trip.

"Okay, go to bed early, good night." Tian Shan said.

"What else did she say?" Xie Yuan asked again.

"He said he wanted to eat the fish stewed by his father, and the fish stewed by his father was very delicious." Tian Shan told Xie Yuan.

"Okay, I'll buy fish when I go back tomorrow and stew fish tonight." Xie Yuan said happily.

"Well, be careful on the way." Tian Shan reminded.

"Okay, don't worry." Xie Yuan said.

"Good night!"

"Good night!"

Xie Yuan hung up the phone. The cold wind in the river blew up, which had dried the sweat on his back. In conversation with his wife, his daughter's desire to eat his father's fish stew brought him back to reality. At this moment, he forgot his purpose of coming to the river embankment. He turned his head excitedly and walked back, but found that he was still carrying a fishing gear bag in his hand.

Xie Yuan stood blankly on the river embankment. Meng Yuanming! There was also Meng Yuanming on the river viewing platform below the river embankment. He remembered the purpose of his coming here today, looked down at the fishing gear bag in his left hand, and then looked at the phone holding it in his right hand. An idea suddenly jumped into his mind. Could it be that he had changed?

Tian Shan's voice on the phone was still so gentle and considerate, and her daughter was still pestering her like that. The person who was fishing on the Guanjiang Platform might have been fishing there ten years ago. But I, who had never been to this place, have recently come here one after another, and I was carrying a fishing gear bag tonight.

If I had not encountered that accident, how happy I would be now. If I had not concealed my illness, what would my life look like today? If I had not been this Meng Yuanming, what would it be like? I could not have children, I could not even deserve to get married. The kind God did not care about my fault and still sent the cute Yaoyao to me. Do I want to ruin my life with my own hands?

Thinking of this, Xie Yuan felt relaxed all over. He put his phone in his pocket, changed the fishing gear bag to his right hand, and threw the fishing gear bag towards the rushing river water under the river embankment. Then he took off his gloves and threw it into the grass.

Xie Yuan took out his cell phone from his pocket and used the function of a flashlight to follow the road under his feet. In less than a minute, he returned to his car. Just as he opened the car door and wanted to sit in, he suddenly thought of going to the van to take a look. He walked around the van in a relaxed mood, as if he was performing a farewell ceremony. Thinking that he might never follow the van again in the future, he felt empty in his heart. He subconsciously pulled the car door, smiled bitterly a few times, and then drove away from the river embankment.
Chapter completed!