"Injured someone?" Haichao and I asked in unison, both looking extremely surprised.
Ye Xing's adoptive father looked at us and nodded, and then continued: "The girlfriend he went to meet was a little girl as old as him. Maybe the other family objected to their early love, so he blocked that family's home while it was dark.
At the entrance of the alley, he took an iron rod and beat the little girl's father. He was seriously injured and was admitted to the hospital."
I was a little confused and asked Ye Xing's adoptive father: "Just because he opposed their puppy love, Ye Xing injured his father?"
Ye Xing's adoptive father nodded and said to me thoughtfully: "At that time, they both had different opinions. The little girl's parents said it was because they opposed their early love, which aroused Ye Xing's revenge. And Ye Xing said it was because they opposed their early love.
It was because the little girl's parents abused her that he stood up for her. Oh, by the way," Mr. Ye reminded us, "The little girl seemed to be an orphan too, and she was taken over by that little girl when she was very old.
Adopted by a family.”
Hearing this, we were stunned, and then I blurted out and asked: "What's that family's last name?"
Mr. Ye answered us truthfully: "The last name is...Yang."
Haichao and I looked at each other, and now all the problems seemed to have been solved. This little girl was probably Yang Kexin. She and Ye Xing had reconnected through the Internet after being separated for many years.
"Then what happened next?" I asked Ye Xing's adoptive father eagerly.
Mr. Ye sighed helplessly, adjusted his glasses, and slowly said to us: "Ye Xing and the little girl said that her adoptive parents abused her, but there was no conclusive evidence. The law relies on evidence, and Ye Xing
He was beaten so badly that his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he had many wounds on his body. He was lying in the hospital unable to move. This is an ironclad fact. At that time,
The adoptive mother of a little girl refused to let go. What can I do? I can only try my best to apologize to them. Fortunately, the adoptive father of the little girl agreed to settle. At the same time, after all, Ye Xing is a minor, so in the end we reached a settlement and paid compensation.
After tens of thousands of dollars, Ye Xing was released after being detained for more than ten days, and I took him back to Sanye City."
Haichao and I listened silently. At this time, I asked softly: "Will this incident bring a big shadow to your family?"
Mr. Ye sighed again and said helplessly: "Yes, because I failed in stock trading at that time, I didn't have much money in my hand. Most of the money to compensate the Yang family was borrowed. For this reason, my wife and I had a big fight.
After a fight, I brought Ye Xing back and scolded him. I said to Ye Xing: I am not your biological child in the first place.
Father, you were very old when you came to our house. Although I have not been as kind to you as my biological father in the past few years, I have never beaten you. Now you have caused such a big trouble. The family had no money, because of you
Puppy love injured my father, and I have to wipe your butt. Because of this, your mother and I have been quarreling all day long. Can you tell me what to do about this situation?"
"How did Ye Xing answer you?" I asked softly.
"Ye Xing is actually a very stubborn child. When I scolded him, he lowered his head and said nothing. Later he said sorry and said that when I make money in the future, I will return the money to you. I said to him
: You don’t have to say sorry, and I don’t have to pay you back the money. Well, I feel like we don’t have the fate to be father and son, but since I have adopted you, I have to fulfill my obligations to you, so in your case
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You can still stay in this home before you are 18 years old. However, if you reach the age of 18 and you can get into college by then, you can support yourself through work-study during the holidays. If you can't get into the exam, you can go out to make a living on your own.
Well, a big young man can make a living in anything he does. It doesn't matter if you don't bear my Ye family name by then, and we don't expect you to support us in old age. Our father-son relationship will be over by then."
Listening to these cold words, I was speechless for a moment. Later, I asked Ye Xing's adoptive father softly: "What was Ye Xing's reaction at that time?"
Ye Xing's adoptive father sneered and said coolly: "What can he do? He has caused such a big trouble. Of course he feels that he is in the wrong, so he can only acquiesce."
"What was Ye Xing's situation like in your family in the next few years?" I asked again.
Ye Xing's adoptive father sighed softly and replied calmly: "In the following years, although he still lived in our house, he basically never asked for a penny from us. His usual tuition fees were up to a certain amount.
He earned it from working in small restaurants and bars. Those places didn't care whether he was an adult or not. To be honest, my current wife hated him. After this incident, she even had a bad impression of him and wouldn't let him play the piano.
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We planned to leave it to our youngest son for future study, so Ye Xing went to the Children's Art Palace during his spare time and talked about the situation at home. He also asked the teachers there to let him practice the piano. Several teachers may be
I felt sorry for him, so I agreed to his request. A few years later, he did go to university, but he didn’t ask us for tuition. It is said that several teachers from the Art Palace supported him partly, and the other part was earned through his daily work.
of.
"He left your house just like that?" I asked softly.
"Yes," Mr. Ye adjusted his glasses and said slowly, "Before he left our home, he talked to me once and expressed his gratitude to me for my upbringing over the years, and repeatedly said that if he
After making money, he would return the tens of thousands of yuan I compensated him back then. I said to him: Forget it, I don’t want that money anymore. As long as you go your own way in the future, our father-son relationship will be fine.
This brings it to an end."
Listening to Ye Xing's adoptive father's cold and heartless words, my heart was trembling slightly. I seemed to have felt Ye Xing's feeling of loneliness and helplessness at that time.
"He never came back to your house again, right?" After a moment of silence, I asked again.
"No." Ye Xing's adoptive father replied expressionlessly.
"Then you will never contact me again?" I asked.
Ye Xing's adoptive father raised his head, glanced at me, and replied calmly, "Every New Year, he makes a greeting phone call. Apart from this, there is nothing else."
"Has he returned that money to you?" I asked after thinking for a long time.
Ye Xing's adoptive father looked at me again, nodded slightly, and murmured back: "The year before last, he called me and asked me for an account number, and then transferred the tens of thousands of dollars to that account."
I didn't say anything else.
At this time, Mr. Ye looked around at the two of us and whispered: "If I had to choose again, I would not adopt such a big child again. Firstly, I can't raise him at all. Furthermore, he already has his own thoughts.
Ability, many things hurt him a lot. The day my ex-wife left my house, Ye Xing cried all night. Later, my current wife looked down on him. In addition, we later had a son, so many things happened.
…I’m caught in the middle and it’s very difficult.”
I believe that Ye Xing’s adoptive father is not a bad person. He is just an ordinary person, a man who protects himself wisely. Although he seemed very indifferent to many of Ye Xing’s later actions, as outsiders, we can’t say anything. After all,
No one is perfect. There are too few people in this world who are truly pure and kind, like Du Fanghua, who wholeheartedly help the lonely and weak.
That day, we said goodbye to Ye Xing's adoptive father's house with heavy hearts.
Sitting on the train back to City S, Hai Chao asked me: "What are you thinking about now?"
Deep in thought, I was brought back to reality by Hai Chao's words. I raised my head and smiled faintly at her, and then whispered back: "I have no idea."
Haichao also gave me a faint smile. She put her hand on my hand on my knee and said softly to me: "Don't continue the investigation. Those two children... are also poor people. There are some things.
Let them... go ahead, Deng Wenliang is not a good person anyway, as long as you live a good life now, that will be fine."
I looked at Hai Chao's sincere face and smiled helplessly, feeling increasingly heavy.
There is a deep fear in my heart, because I am afraid that Ye Xing and Yang Kexin not only designed the Deng Wenliang case, but there may be other more insidious and terrifying things that I don't know about...
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After returning to S City, my daughter Tongtong came to my place on the weekend. The little girl seemed extremely worried this time and was listless when talking to me. I asked her what was wrong, and Tongtong answered me with a sad face and said: "Mom
, my father's company may be in big trouble. He has been in a very bad mood recently. I heard from my aunt at home that he often lost his temper when he came home and even fired her. I went to his place last Sunday and listened to him.
I made a phone call in the study and told Uncle Liang that there was nothing I could do. I could only apply for bankruptcy protection or something like that."
I gently stroked my daughter's head, thoughtfully.
Seeing that I was silent, Tongtong leaned in front of me, looked up at me, and asked me innocently: "If my father's company goes bankrupt, then he will be unemployed, right? The villa we live in now will also be taken back.
Right? Because I heard my father and Yang Kexin say before that there is a loan for that house."
I looked at my daughter's big anxious and longing eyes, and for a moment I didn't know how to answer her.
After pondering for a moment, he could only stroke her little head to comfort her and said: "I don't think your father's company will go bankrupt so easily. Even if it does file for bankruptcy, there will be other ways for him to start anew and make a comeback, so you
Don't worry too much, just concentrate on your lessons. Even if your father's career is temporarily in trouble, there is still mother, and she will take full care of you."
Tongtong nodded at me with a vague understanding, but there was still a touch of sadness in her eyes. I knew that she was still worried about Deng Wenliang, after all, he was her biological father.
At this time, I don't know what to do. Should I find a way to stop Ye Xing and Yang Kexin from further actions, or should I just let it go and sit on the sidelines?