The call was from Ma Yuanxiang, and Qiao Liang answered the call immediately.
"County Magistrate Qiao, are you free tonight? I'd like to treat you to a meal." Ma Yuanxiang's hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Okay, I'm free." Qiao Liang agreed without hesitation.
After deciding on a time to eat, the two didn't chat much. Ma Yuanxiang told Qiao Liang where to eat and then hung up the phone.
"County Magistrate Qiao has a date tonight?" He Qingqing blinked, and she recognized a woman's voice on the phone.
"It's not a date, there's something going on." Qiao Liang wondered if Ma Yuanxiang had guessed what Wang Anfu was going to say before leaving. Thinking of this, Qiao Liang couldn't help but look forward to it, and she felt a little excited.
"I thought County Magistrate Qiao had a date." He Qingqing said with a smile.
"Who am I dating alone in Liangbei County?" Qiao Liang laughed and looked at He Qingqing, "Director He, do you want to date me?"
"If County Magistrate Qiao wants to, I have no problem." He Qingqing blushed slightly.
"Then let's make a date next time." Qiao Liang chuckled.
He Qingqing left Qiao Liang's office. Not long after, Qiao Liang checked the time and drove away from the county compound. Ma Yuanxiang's appointment was at a hotel on the outskirts of the city. Qiao Liang had never been there before, so he had to use the navigation system.
The car stopped at a traffic light in the county town. Qiao Liang was checking the navigation on his mobile phone to see how far away he was from his destination. There was a "squeak" sound, and the harsh sound of violent friction between the tires and the road suddenly came from beside him. Qiao Liang When I looked up, I couldn't help but screamed, "I bumped into someone!"
The next scene made Qiao Liang's eyes widen again. Damn it! The car that hit the person ran away!
It's a domineering car.
Qiao Liang recognized the car it was at a glance and wrote down the license plate number. At this moment, Qiao Liang didn't care about the red light and drove out without saying a word, trying to stop the domineering car that hit people.
The car was driving on the main road in the county town where traffic was quite dense. Because Qiao Liang was half a beat slower, he was a little farther away from hitting the person in front of him, but the distance was not far. Qiao Liang held on to the opponent tightly.
"You bastard, you hit someone and still want to run away." Qiao Liang scolded him as he drove and chased him.
In the domineering car at the front, a bald man with a scar sat in the spacious back seat and cursed at the driver: "What the hell, how do you drive? I see your driving skills have been getting worse recently?"
"Boss, I'm sorry, you are in a hurry. I saw no one was at the red light, so I rushed over in a hurry, but I didn't know that the old man would suddenly come out." The driver explained quickly.
The bald man with a scar said angrily: "Be careful in the future and don't cause me any nonsense."
"Don't worry, boss, I will pay attention to it in the future." The driver nodded hurriedly, knowing that this level of difficulty was finally overcome. Regarding the incident where he hit someone just now, the bald man with a scar obviously no longer cared about it. Energy, this matter is obviously not taken seriously.
The bald man with the scar really didn't take this little thing to heart. The driver was his confidant. How could the bald man with the scar really do anything to him? He could only give him a few words of reprimand.
The two of them didn't notice that Qiao Liang's car was chasing them closely. However, at a fork in the road, the domineering car turned around. When Qiao Liang was about to follow the turn, a speeding truck cut into Qiao Liang's car from the side and suddenly hit Qiao Liang. Liang's car was blocked behind.
"I'll wipe it." Qiao Liang looked at the truck blocking the road in front of him and cursed in anger. Damn, this bastard driver didn't turn right in the morning or late in the morning, but he was speeding and jamming at this time. These drivers who were speeding and jamming were too much.
How abominable.
When the truck drove past, Qiao Liang made a sharp turn. When he looked over, he saw that domineering figure was nowhere to be seen.
"Fuck." Qiao Liang cursed again angrily.
Damn, if you can run away, a monk can't run away from the temple! Qiao Liang thought that she had memorized the license plate number of that domineering car, and could still find the owner of the car later. Thinking of this, Qiao Liang's depressed mood improved.
Since he couldn't catch up with the domineering car that caused the accident, Qiao Liang drove back along the original road. At this time, an ambulance had arrived at the accident site, and there were traffic police at the scene to maintain order. The person who was hit was an old man who was still alive.
As soon as the ambulance arrived, they immediately took the person away to the hospital.
Qiao Liang looked up at this time and found that there was a surveillance camera on the lamppost at the intersection on the side of the traffic light. This made Qiao Liang even more reassured. Well, with this surveillance camera, it would not be difficult for the traffic police to find the vehicle that caused the accident.
You don't need to worry too much.
Seeing that the accident site was being dealt with in an orderly manner, Qiao Liang felt relieved and turned around to leave. Delayed by such an incident, Qiao Liang was already quite late when he arrived at the hotel he had agreed with Ma Yuanxiang.
In the box, Ma Yuanxiang was sitting alone. Seeing Qiao Liang come in, Ma Yuanxiang stood up.
"Something happened on the way. I'm sorry for keeping you waiting." Qiao Liang apologized as soon as he came in.
"It's okay. I have nothing to do tonight and I'm not in a hurry." A smile appeared on Ma Yuanxiang's face, but her voice was seriously hoarse.
Qiao Liang could understand the other party. Her husband's death probably made Ma Yuanxiang cry so hard that her voice became hoarse from crying.
"Have you finished taking care of your husband's funeral?" Qiao Liang asked with concern.
"Well, I will send it directly to the crematorium today. After the cooking is done, there is nothing to delay. He suffered so much during his lifetime. I just hope that he can be laid to rest as soon as possible. I don't want him to suffer anymore." Ma Yuanxiang's eyes were filled with tears.
They were red, and their eyes were obviously swollen from crying too much in the past two days.
Qiao Liang nodded: "It's better to rest in peace as soon as possible. Now that some people have passed away, they still need to invite people to do rituals. It lasts for several days. In fact, it is all superstition. It is better to let the deceased rest in peace early."
Ma Yuanxiang nodded, with a forced smile on his face: "Let's not talk about it anymore. The past is in the past. I came to treat you to dinner tonight, not to make you sad with me."
"The deceased is gone. In fact, I think you should come out early. People have to look forward. As you said, the past has passed. We cannot immerse ourselves in the sorrow of the past, but we must
A new mood to welcome the new life in the future, don't you think so?" Qiao Liang comforted.
"Yes." Ma Yuanxiang nodded. Her husband left, and Ma Yuanxiang felt sad. But in the last few months, Ma Yuanxiang tried her best and gave everything she could. Ma Yuanxiang had no regrets in her heart.
At this time, the waiter started to bring the dishes. Ma Yuanxiang asked for a bottle of wine and said to Qiao Liang: "County County Magistrate Qiao, the restaurant we are eating at tonight is a bit shabby. I don't have much money, so I can only ask County Magistrate Qiao to serve in such a small restaurant."
We’re having dinner at the hotel, please don’t take offense to County Magistrate Qiao.”
"What's the point? We can eat at a roadside stall. It doesn't matter to me. Don't think of me as so valuable." Qiao Liang said. The restaurant where Ma Yuanxiang invited me to have dinner is indeed a bit ordinary. Qiao Liang said Upon entering, I noticed that the quality of this hotel was very average, but Qiao Liang didn't care at all.
"County Magistrate Qiao is really a good official and very approachable." Ma Yuanxiang praised.
"I'm just an ordinary cadre, don't think so good of me." Qiao Liang looked at Ma Yuanxiang, "By the way, why are you inviting me to dinner tonight..."
"I'm inviting County Magistrate Qiao to dinner tonight. I'm here to thank County Magistrate Qiao for helping me before. Without Magistrate Qiao's help, I would still be entangled by those loan sharks today. I don't even dare to think about the future. What will your life be like?" Ma Yuanxiang smiled bitterly, feeling grateful to Qiao Liang from the bottom of her heart.
"Didn't you thank me for this before? Why bother?" Qiao Liang said.
"Although I have thanked you before, I can never thank you enough. County Magistrate Qiao may think that it is just a trivial matter, but for me, it is a major matter that can determine my fate. People who are entangled with loan sharks , I don’t know how many of them ended up with their families broken up and their families dead.” Ma Yuanxiang murmured in a low voice.
Hearing what Ma Yuanxiang said, Qiao Liang nodded and said nothing more. However, he noticed the word "come" in Ma Yuanxiang's words and couldn't help but said: "You just said you wanted to thank me for this meal tonight. Then What about the second one?"
"Secondly, I want to know what the two of you talked about that night when my husband said he wanted to talk to you alone," Ma Yuanxiang said.
Qiao Liang looked at Ma Yuanxiang and blinked.
Then Ma Yuanxiang looked at Qiao Liang and said: "County Magistrate Qiao, let's not just talk, let's eat, otherwise the food will get cold later."
After Ma Yuanxiang finished speaking, he poured a glass of wine for Qiao Liang, and then poured a glass for himself.
Qiao Liang looked at Ma Yuanxiang: "You really want to know what your husband and I talked about?"
"Yeah." Ma Yuanxiang nodded, "My husband and you are strangers. If it weren't for you helping me, he and you wouldn't have interacted. So, I don't know what he can talk to you alone."
Qiao Liang listened to Ma Yuanxiang's question without answering, and suddenly asked: "Then do you know what the last thing your husband said before he left?"
"I'm also curious, that's why I invited County Magistrate Qiao to dinner, because I also want to find out what my husband was going to say before he left." Ma Yuanxiang frowned, "Before he fell into coma, he suddenly said that he wanted to see you. When he was dying at the end, although he looked at me, he held your hand, and my intuition told me that what he was going to say might be related to you."
"Maybe... your intuition is accurate, but I don't know what he wants to say, otherwise I wouldn't ask you." Qiao Liang smiled bitterly, "He keeps saying the word 'gui', can you guess it? Any clues?"
"I can't guess, that's why I want to ask you. I guess what he is going to say must be related to you, and it is also related to the conversation you two had alone that night." Ma Yuanxiang looked at Qiao Liang silently, "It seems that you have something. Hidden things from me."
Ma Yuanxiang's words made Qiao Liang confused. Should he tell Ma Yuanxiang the truth? Qiao Liang wanted to tell Ma Yuanxiang. He had a feeling that telling Ma Yuanxiang the truth might make Ma Yuanxiang guess what Wang Anfu would say in the end. help.
But Qiao Liang then thought of his promise to Wang Anfu and felt very entangled for a moment.
