Haichao picked up the cup and took a sip of water, and said to me: "Hey, what are you playing for? Just get together and chat, talk about each other's situation over the years, family, marriage, career, that's it.
Just do something!"
I swallowed the noodles in my mouth, picked up the cup and took a sip of water, then looked at the tide and asked: "Do you know the true identity of the mentor I went to visit?"
Haichao held the cup, looking puzzled, and shook his head at me: "Huh? I don't know!"
I smiled helplessly at her, and then told her: "She was actually an old man who adopted Ye Xing back then. She has passed away now. The people I went to visit are actually her descendants."
Hearing what I said, Hai Chao was stunned. She put the cup on the cabinet, and then asked me seriously: "You said that Ye Xing was adopted in the past? But didn't you say that he has a father and a mother? That's his parents.
Divorced!"
I sighed softly, and then told Hai Chao the whole story.
Haichao sat next to me, listening silently, nodding his head as he listened.
After I finished speaking, she couldn't help but sigh: "This Ye Xing's life experience is really not simple. It seems that he has hidden a lot of things from you!"
I nodded in agreement, and then said to Haichao seriously: "You know what? I now suspect that he and Yang Kexin have known each other since childhood, because I saw some old photos from Du Fanghua's niece, in which there was a little girl who was very close to Ye Xing
, and she looks very much like Yang Kexin."
Hai Chao looked at me in surprise and murmured: "If this is the case, then they must have a purpose in approaching you and Deng Wenliang so deliberately, and there must be some ulterior conspiracy behind them."
I nodded and said to myself: "Then what is their purpose?"
Haichao pondered for a long time, and then she said to me: "In this world, people die for wealth, and birds die for food. If they conspire together, the purpose is nothing more than this."
I nodded slowly and said, "I think so too."
Haichao asked me: "Then what are you going to do next?"
I thought about it, then took out the notepad from my bag, pointed to the two addresses on it and said to Haichao: "These two addresses were expressly sent to me by an anonymous stranger. I don't know who he is."
people."
Haichao took the notepad over, stared at the address on it, and murmured: "This person should have found some clues about Ye Xing and Yang Kexin's collusion behind the scenes, and wanted to inform you. I'm afraid you won't believe me, so I just told you
I’ll tell you two addresses, arouse your curiosity, and let you discover and explore on your own, so won’t you be 100% convinced?”
I nodded: "That makes sense," and then asked, "Then who is his true identity?"
Haichao laughed and murmured: "There must be someone familiar with your situation. His purpose is not to let you and Ye Xing get entangled anymore, and to reveal Ye Xing's true face, so I am sure this is a man, and
He is a man who likes you."
I stared at Wei Haichao with wide eyes, as if I couldn't believe what she said.
Haichao laughed at me while drinking water: "Don't stare at me. Please recall which man around you has been pursuing you to no avail."
I blurted out: "It can't be Lao Wang, right?"
Haichao's mouthful of water almost choked her throat. She coughed and said loudly to me: "Lao Wang? You are really unpredictable! How can that nerd like him have such ability? If you talk about him, you might as well say he is Deng Wenliang!"
"
I shook my head: "Deng Wenliang? Impossible. If Deng Wenliang found out this far, could he still live with Yang Kexin?"
Haichao smiled and said to me: "That's true. I'm just giving you an example to tell you that this person is not simple. He must be someone who is very popular in society and even has certain abilities. Otherwise, it would be impossible to trace him so carefully."
I pondered, and after a while I shook my head vigorously and said, "Forget it, I don't want to think about this anymore," and then I said seriously to Hai Chao, "Anyway, I found it through the first address, which is the former address of Du Fanghua in Linhai City.
There are a lot of things, and now I’m going to go to the second address, Ye Xing’s home, to check it out.”
Hearing what I said, Hai Chao's eyes widened and he immediately asked: "Are you crazy? If you check his house, won't he soon know that you are checking him?"
I blinked at her and said nonchalantly: "I can change my identity. Their family doesn't know who I am. Besides, Ye Xing and his family seem to have severed ties now and have no contact at all."
.”
Haichao lowered his head, thoughtfully.
Seeing that she remained silent, I added: "Anyway, I'm not willing to get to the bottom of it, what do you think?"
Haichao raised his head, glanced at me, and murmured, "Do you want to hear the truth?"
I nodded: "Of course."
Haichao said to me sincerely: "I think, even if Ye Xing and Yang Kexin jointly set up a trap to seize Deng Wenliang's property, you should leave it alone. You have forgotten how ruthless Deng Wenliang was to you.
? So now he has been deceived and lost everything
He was the one to blame for not keeping the baby, so why are you meddling in this business? You have broken away from them now and have your own life. Now you just want to get along well with Lao Wang and start a family in the future.
It’s serious, why are you meddling in these nosy things?”
I smiled bitterly, shook my head, and murmured: "I am pursuing this, not for Deng Wenliang, but for me... myself."
Haichao looked at me and asked in surprise: "You won't really fall in love with that boy Ye Xing, will you?"
I sighed softly, looked forward, and said lightly: "I can't say that I love him, and I can't say that I don't love him at all. I just want to know what kind of life he has been living in these years. I can't explain why. I just want to know, even if there is no possibility for us anymore.
Sex, but I still want to know.”
Listening to my light and sincere expression, Haichao let out a long sigh. After a long time, she murmured: "Xiaoman, Xiaoman, what should I say to you? Why are you so old?
Are you still as persistent as a little girl?"
I shook my head with a wry smile and murmured: "Don't worry, this will not affect my future life. From the day he left my house, Ye Xing and I have no possibility. I just want to solve the mystery in my heart."
, after doing this, I will continue to live my life step by step."
Haichao nodded slowly, thinking about it, and finally said to me with determination: "Well, since you have decided, then I will risk my life to accompany you, and accompany you to Ye Xing's hometown."
Hearing what she said, I was shocked and quickly said to her: "Forget it, I'll go by myself. You can just go back to City S. You don't need to accompany me."
Haichao put his hand on my shoulder, smiled faintly at me, and murmured: "Sanye City is so far away, and you have never been there before. How can I rest assured now that I am alone? If I follow you, you can still be considered a person."
Companion, let’s just treat it as a trip.”
Listening to Haichao's sincere tone, I knew that there was no need for me to reject my friend's true love. At that moment, I deeply felt the preciousness of friendship.
***
We took the train to Sanye City, Ye Xing’s hometown, on the second day.
On the way, Haichao and I had already discussed that this time we would use the guise of the staff of the public welfare home where Ye Xing had stayed, and pay a return visit to the orphans' growth. This sounded more legitimate.
, and we will definitely be able to get some information we want.
After more than three hours of driving, we got off the train at Sanye City Railway Station, and then took a taxi directly to the home of Ye Xing's adoptive parents according to the address provided by the anonymous person.
Ye Xing's adoptive parents' home is in a not-too-old community. The door of the community has the name of the work unit. It seems that this community is full of welfare housing for the work unit.
It was around three o'clock in the afternoon when we got there, and by chance, Ye Xing's adoptive father happened to be at home.
When we rang the doorbell and Ye Xing's adoptive father came to open the door, he looked very surprised when he saw us. He asked softly: "Who are you looking for?"
Ye Xing's adoptive father is in his forties, wearing a pair of glasses and a light gray sweater. He looks clean and tidy, like a cultural man.
Haichao and I looked at each other, and then Haichao introduced himself generously: "Hello, we are the staff of the welfare home where Ye Xing used to stay. We would like to pay a return visit to Ye Xing's life over the years. Can we
Let us in?"
Hearing this, Ye Xing's adoptive father was stunned for a moment. He did not answer immediately, but just looked at us with a scrutinizing gaze.
I screamed in my heart, thinking that I couldn't print two fake employment certificates right away. It was really hard to convince me to just say that we were employees of the welfare home without any basis.
Fortunately, Haichao responded quickly. She immediately smiled and explained to Ye Xing's adoptive father: "Don't have any psychological burden. We are just doing a routine return visit because we know that children of Ye Xing's age have grown up."
, I just want to get some useful information from his adoption experience to facilitate our future work. As for the conversation between us, we will keep it confidential."
After saying this, Ye Xing's adoptive father relaxed a little. He smiled awkwardly at us, adjusted his glasses, and then said politely to us: "Okay, please come into the house and talk."
In this way, we slowly entered the family where Ye Xing once lived.
This is a large second-bedroom apartment, which looks to be about more than 100 square meters. The decoration is not luxurious, but it is warm and unique. The room is very clean. Ye Xing's adoptive father politely invited us to sit down, and then returned
Pour us two cups of tea.
We thanked him, and then he sat down and chatted with us slowly.
During the conversation, I felt that Ye Xing's adoptive father was a good person. After chatting for a few words, his previous alert state gradually relaxed. Later, he could say that he knew everything he knew. Maybe some words had been held in his chest for a long time.
.
"Ye Xing was nine years old when he was adopted by us. At that time, my first wife and I had been married for ten years and had no children. The reason was that my ex-wife had a blocked fallopian tube. After many treatments, it didn't work. So in our case,
In the tenth year of marriage, Ye Xing was adopted." Ye Xing's adoptive father said slowly to us while smoking.
After a pause, he continued: "At that time, our Ye family did not agree to adopt such a big child because he already had a complete memory. Some relatives said that such a big child was difficult to raise, so since we adopted it, we should adopt it.
A child under three years old, but my ex-wife liked this child very much, because she was not in good health at the time. She said that if she adopted a child that was too young, she would not be able to raise her from an early age. Ye Xing was already very old at the time, so it would be very economical to raise her.
Heart, and the most important thing is that my ex-wife likes the child Ye Xing very much. You may know that the child Ye Xing is very beautiful and can also play the piano well..."
At this time, his adoptive father glanced at us, and we smiled knowingly at him. He continued: "And at that time, Ye Xing was very well-behaved and sensible. My ex-wife said that if you raise this child well, he might become a musician in the future.
family, so I insisted on adopting him, but I had no choice but to add that the kid Ye Xing looked really good at the time, so I finally agreed."
Haichao and I looked at each other knowingly, and then I asked Ye Xing's adoptive father softly: "So how did you feel about living together later?"
Ye Xing's adoptive father was smoking a cigarette and his thoughts seemed to be immersed in the past. He said slowly: "The first few years were actually good. Although we were just ordinary working-class people, my ex-wife bought Ye Xing for him in order to train him.
"A piano," Ye Xing's adoptive father said, pointing to a corner of the living room, "Well, that's the piano I bought for Ye Xing back then. My ex-wife also enrolled him in a piano class, which cost a lot of money.
Money. Now that he is not back, and no one in the family can play the piano, the piano has become a decoration."
We turned around and looked and found that there was indeed a black piano placed in the corner of the living room, covered with a white patterned curtain.
Ye Xing's adoptive father shook the cigarette ashes into the ashtray, remained silent for a moment, and continued: "Our family changed a few years after Ye Xing came to our home. At that time, there was a lot of pressure on my shoulders, because I was so
My parents and relatives kept putting pressure on me. I felt that after the Ye family was separated from me, they adopted a child that was still so old. When he was raised and his wings became hard, he would not know where he went. After all, he was not related by blood.
, I couldn’t raise him, so some relatives tried to get me divorced. I was nearly forty years old at that time, and I was really in a dilemma. My relatives all advised me to find someone to give birth to my own child before I turned forty.
I could still bring up my children before retiring. It was at this time that I met my current wife, and later we had...that relationship..."
At this time, Ye Xing's adoptive father raised his head and smiled at us awkwardly. He then talked about the next part in one sentence and continued: "Later, my current wife became pregnant, and then I and Ye Xing
My ex-wife’s mother filed for divorce. Regarding the issue of raising Ye Xing, my ex-wife’s attitude at the time was that it was okay to be with her or with me. At that time, I considered that Ye Xing had taken our last name after all, and besides, he was still a boy. My ex-wife
My health is not good, so I thought about it and decided to keep Ye Xing."
At this point, Ye Xing's adoptive father was silent again, and I asked softly at the right time: "Later on, Ye Xing lived with you and your current wife, right?"
Ye Xing's adoptive father raised his head, nodded to me, and then continued in a hoarse voice: "After I married my current wife, Ye Xing became a little introverted. He has a pretty good relationship with my ex-wife.
, but he is not very close to my step-wife, and after all, he is not my... biological child. We later had a son, so my step-wife is also... "
Having said this, Ye Xing's adoptive father smiled awkwardly, shook the cigarette ashes, and continued: "But we have not abused him. At most, we are not very close to him. Of course, our family met again later.
Due to some difficulties, I failed in stock trading and lost a lot of money, so my family's financial situation was very difficult at that time, and Ye Xing's piano lessons were also stopped, but his studies were not stopped."
I listened quietly, and when I heard this, I quietly interjected: "How old was he in that year?"
Ye Xing's adoptive father thought thoughtfully and replied: "About fifteen years old."
I nodded lightly, and Ye Xing's adoptive father continued: "The major change in our relationship also started at that time. At that time, Ye Xing entered adolescence, and his personality became more and more introverted, maybe because he couldn't feel the warmth at home.
, he would sometimes go out secretly, that is, in a bar, and somehow met a girlfriend from out of town. Later, for some unknown reason, he stole a few hundred yuan from my wallet and bought it.
Train ticket, go to another city to find that little girl."
Hearing this, Haichao and I were both stunned, and then I asked: "What happened next?"
Ye Xing's adoptive father put out the cigarette butt at this time, looked at me, let out a long sigh, and then said slowly: "My wife and I were very angry at that time, and my wife called him an immature idiot.
The wolf is not our biological child, so we should just let him fend for himself outside and leave him alone! But even though I was angry, I also knew that he was legally adopted by us and was still underage at the time.
I had to raise him voluntarily, so I called the police, hoping to find him. But a few days later, the police sent me a message saying that they found Ye Xing in City S, but he is now in the detention center because he took someone