Wen Hanmei specially rented a small yacht to pay homage to Xia Yang's mother at sea during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Xia Yang held a bouquet of white magnolia flowers in her arms, held her father's arm, and stood by the railing of the yacht.
Wen Hanmei held her mother's arm and stood beside Xia Yang and his daughter. Behind them were baskets filled with mooncakes of various flavors and dried fruits.
It was Liu Gen's first time on a boat. He felt a little dizzy. He held onto the railing tightly with both hands and looked at the rippling blue sea. He almost spit out the watermelon he had just eaten several times.
Not far from the dock, the yacht slowly stopped and swayed in the waves.
Xia Tian took off his glasses, his eyes filled with tears.
"Yulan, I brought Xia Yang to see you. For the past twelve years, Xia Yang has been clamoring to come here to see her mother every Mid-Autumn Festival. Today, she is here, and the eldest sister and her daughter Hanmei are also here to see you. Xia Yang
I also invited a good friend to come with me, his name is Liu Gen, he is a good young man... Our Xia Yang has grown up and is as beautiful as you were when you were alive. Every time I see our daughter, it reminds me of you..."
Xia Tian's voice was choked, and she wiped her tears and continued: "Twelve years ago, according to your last wish, I sprinkled you into this sea with my own hands, and you became the sea, and the sea became you.
Every time I went on a business trip to the South China Sea, I would stand on the beach and stay with you quietly for a while. But I haven’t been able to avenge you so far... Magnolia, your precious daughter Xia Yang brought your favorite white magnolia flower to her.
I hand it to you personally." Xia Tian patted Xia Yang's hand: "Xia Yang, scatter the petals to the sea, the sea is your mother."
Xia Yang had already burst into tears and faced the sea with choked sobs: "Mom... I'm sorry... I just came to see you today... I miss you so much..." While crying, he picked off the petals and threw them to the sea.
Petals of pure white magnolia flowers fluttered with the sea breeze, fell to the sea, and floated away high and low following the waves.
Wen Hanmei, her daughter and Xia Tian threw the moon cakes, dried fruits and other food in the basket into the sea.
"Yulan, my good sister, you left too early and too unjustly. Over the years, my brother-in-law has been looking for the murderer all the time. He wants to avenge you. It is not easy for him. If you are alive in heaven,
Please bless him to find your murderer as soon as possible. On that day, sister, I will go to the temple for you to fast for forty-nine days and recite sutras for forty-nine days..." Xia Yang's aunt burst into tears and threw a
The moon cakes were thrown into the sea.
Wen Hanmei said nothing, but quietly held her mother's arm to prevent her from falling down.
Liu Gen was affected by the atmosphere in front of him. Although he did not shed tears, his nose was sore from the pain. He had long forgotten about seasickness. He quietly approached Xia Yang, reached out and plucked magnolia petals from the bouquet in her arms and threw them.
Xia Yang glanced at Liu Gen with tears and gratitude, and when he sprinkled the last petal, Xia Yang said: "Mom... I will obey your last wish and become an upright and brave journalist like you in the future, to serve those who are struggling in society.
People in the corners at the bottom screamed and appealed for them... From now on, I will accompany my mother in the South China Sea, I swear! I will avenge my mother... Mom..." Xia Yang cried very sadly, and threw himself into Liu Gen's arms and cried loudly.
Perhaps Xia Yang's cry disturbed the seagulls floating on the sea, or Xia Yang's mother heard her daughter's call and asked the seagulls to convey her love for her daughter. The seagulls screamed and flapped their wings, hovering around the yacht.
I didn't want to leave for a long time.
"Uncle, Xia Yang has found support." Wen Hanmei said to Xia Tian as she watched Liu Gen hugging Xia Yang standing there.
"Liu Gen is a good young man, Hanmei, if you have a chance to help him, this kid will do a lot in the future, but don't drag him into your circle." Xia Tian looked at the two young people standing there hugging each other tightly,
Tell Wen Hanmei.
On the way back from the yacht, a steady drizzle fell from the sky, indicating that the full moon would not be visible tonight.
In the yacht lounge, Xia Tian said: "Hanmei, I would like to invite someone to your restaurant for dinner in the evening. Please make arrangements for me. It is best not to let outsiders know that he is meeting me."
"Who does uncle want to invite to dinner?" Wen Hanmei asked.
"Yang Rucheng." Xia Tian answered.
"What does this person do?" Wen Hanmei has never heard of this person's name.
"The captain of the Nanhai Criminal Investigation Detachment." Xia Tian said.
"Should he be alone?" Wen Hanmei thought of Yang Guanghui, who was making trouble while drinking.
"No, his whole family, to be precise, is a family of three." Xia Tian said, "He and I are old friends. More than an hour before Xia Yang's mother was killed, she called him and asked him to meet at the hotel.
, wanted to hand over the evidence in his hand to him, but when he arrived, it was already too late. For this, he always felt very guilty. In the past twelve years, my old friend has never given up on this case.
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When Xia Tian said these words, both Liu Gen and Xia Yang heard it. Liu Gen was thinking that it turned out that Yang Guanghui's father and Xia Yang's father were old friends.
----------Yang Guanghui rode his bicycle back to his home in the family compound of the Criminal Investigation Detachment after school in the morning.
"Mom, I'm back!" Yang Guanghui shouted habitually after entering the door.
The mother who was busy in the kitchen replied: "Go to the study and ask your dad to eat!"
Yang Guanghui walked to the study door, knocked on the door, and found it was unlocked. He opened the door and went in.
"Dad, is there another major criminal case?" Yang Guanghui knew his father. Whenever there was a major criminal case, his father would stay alone in the study.
"Why are you asking so many questions? You are still a student now. You shouldn't ask. It's best not to ask." Yang Rucheng put out the cigarette between his fingers in the ashtray on the table.
Yang Guanghui walked over and saw a photo on the table, and said in surprise: "Dad, how come you have a photo of Xia Yang?"
"Xia Yang?" Yang Rucheng looked sideways at his son and asked, "Have you seen the person in the photo?"
"Yes, just a few days ago." Yang Guanghui said.
"What the hell!" Yang Rucheng said, slapping his son on the butt.
Yang Guanghui picked up the photo and looked at it carefully: "Hey, no, the face shape and hairstyle are the same, but the clothes are different. How can girls nowadays wear such clothes?"
"What the hell are you talking about?" Yang Rucheng snatched the photo and put it into a black leather notebook.
"I'm not talking nonsense. I did see a girl who looked exactly like the person in this photo a few days ago. Her name is Xia Yang." Yang Guanghui said loudly.
"Where did you see it?" Yang Rucheng asked.
"While drinking..." Yang Guanghui immediately changed his mind and said, "I saw it in front of a hotel near our school."
"Does it really look exactly like the person in the photo?" Yang Rucheng became interested.
"Exactly the same, just wearing different clothes." Yang Guanghui nodded affirmatively and answered.
"Is she Magnolia's daughter?" Yang Rucheng muttered, and then asked: "You just said that person's name is Xia..."
"Xia Yang." Yang Guanghui reminded his father.
"Xia Yang, Xia Tian..." Yang Rucheng frowned in thought: "How do you know the name of this girl?"
Yang Guanghui was stunned, knowing the key point of being caught by his father. He chuckled and said, "I took the initiative to say hello to her. She looks good."
"You kid..." Yang Rucheng slapped Yang Guanghui on the butt again.
"Dad, who is the person in this photo?" Yang Guanghui asked.
"Her name was Bai Magnolia. On this day twelve years ago, she was murdered in a hotel. She was the wife of an old friend of mine. She was a reporter during her lifetime and was investigating a child abduction case. More than an hour before she was murdered, she called
She asked me to meet at the hotel, but I had something to do and was delayed. By the time I arrived at the hotel, she had already been murdered... The camera and film she carried were gone. The method of committing the crime was very clever, leaving almost no clues... Twelve years
I have been unable to catch the murderer. This case has been pressing in my heart for twelve years..." Yang Rucheng has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a dark face, a high nose, a little thin, and gray hair on his temples.
"Magnolia looks so much like Xia Yang," Yang Guanghui said.
"The Xia Yang you are talking about is probably Bai Magnolia's daughter. Her father's name is Xia Tian. When I was studying in the Forensic Medicine Department of Nanhai Medical University, Xia Yang and Bai Magnolia were studying in the Journalism Department of Nanhai University." Yang Rucheng said.
"Then how did you meet?" Yang Guanghui asked.
"Because of football." Yang Rucheng replied: "I was on the school team at the time, and I was also on the school team of Nanhai University in the summer. He played as a central defender and I played as a center. We played against each other five times in total, but he refused to let go.
I scored a goal."
"Could it be that you stole your girlfriend from someone else?" Yang Guanghui glanced at the door and whispered in Yang Rucheng's ear.
"You kid!" Yang Rucheng slapped Yang Guanghui on the head and said, "Just think wildly!"
"Rucheng, son, it's time to eat!" Yang Guanghui's mother shouted outside the door.
"Don't talk nonsense in front of your mother!" Yang Rucheng whispered to Yang Guanghui before going out.
"Yes, detachment leader!" Yang Guanghui stood at attention and saluted.
At the dinner table, Yang Guanghui's mother was nagging: "When I am a leader, I receive endless gifts during the holidays. Our family also has a department-level cadre, who is in charge of so many people, but why is there no one?"
Come to our house to deliver a box of mooncakes. The ones we eat at home are the two boxes given by the work unit..."
"Why are you talking like this in front of your children?" Yang Rucheng scolded his wife.
"Those who are half a square meter below you already live in a duplex, and we are still living in this junior apartment..."
With a bang, Yang Rucheng smashed his chopsticks on the dining table: "Are you done? It's enough for our family of three to live in such a big house! Guanghui usually lives in school, and I often run outside, which is equivalent to more than 120 people.
Square meters, you live alone, aren't you satisfied?"
"Isn't that what I said? As for getting angry!" Yang Rucheng's wife saw her husband's eyes widening and muttered in a low voice: "Don't use your 'eyes of fire' on your family members."
"Haha...Mom, Dad is right. As for the house, it just needs to be protected from wind and rain. Don't compare it with others. Those who live in duplex mansions. There are a few people in Nanhai City who have heard of their names, but I
Dad is different. When people mention "Fire Eyes", they all give a thumbs up. Our classmates in the Department of Forensic Medicine respect my dad like a god. Every time my dad goes to school to give lectures, if you haven't seen the scene, it is comparable to Andy Lau.
Concert!" Yang Guanghui is used to his parents quarreling over trivial matters at home. Every time he turns to his father, whom he regards as his idol.