Things finally came to light, and everything was as Gu Chen expected.
But the only thing that surprised Gu Chen was the complicated relationship between these people, which even involved a car accident more than ten years ago.
It can be said that if there had not been that car accident more than ten years ago, there would not have been the grudges we have today.
If it were more concise and clear, if Liu Zhifeng had driven without drinking, he would not have broken up a happy family.
But from Hu Tiankai's perspective, he is more conscientious than Liu Zhifeng.
Although he was also one of the perpetrators, he at least chose to adopt Hu Li so that Hu Li could have enough food and clothing, which was the greatest atonement for Hu Li's death and the family.
But the timidity in his heart prevented him from facing the facts.
Therefore, this is also the reason why Hu Li could not let go after learning the truth.
On one side was her dead parents and brother, and on the other was Hu Tiankai, who had raised her for more than ten years. This made it difficult for Hu Li to make a choice.
So Hu Li just had people set fire to Jinma Furniture Plaza as revenge against Hu Tiankai.
As for Liu Zhifeng, the culprit who killed her parents and brother, Hu Li would naturally not let him go.
This led to the later hiring of people to commit murder.
Generally speaking, the development of everything seems to follow a causal relationship.
If we want to summarize, the most damning person is Liu Zhifeng who drove drunk, and the most unlucky ones are Hu Li's family, especially her mother and brother.
If Liu Zhifeng had been a little compassionate back then, his mother and brother might be living a good life now.
But assumptions are just assumptions after all, and Hu Li also knows very well that the past can never go back, but the trouble that was planted in her heart from then on finally made Hu Li embark on this path of no return.
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The next day, after completing the work on the sudden death of the Green Mountain Villa Rainbow Runner, Gu Chen immediately informed Zhao Guozhi and Qin Gang.
The two leaders also fully affirmed the efficiency of Gu Chen's team in handling cases.
Since the past few days have been high school entrance examination days, everyone's work has been busier than usual.
But the high school entrance examination seems to be dwarfed by the college entrance examination.
But for those students who failed the high school entrance examination, they seem to be facing a dilemma.
You can either choose to go to a technical secondary school or a vocational high school, or you can choose to repeat one year and then take the high school entrance exam, or you can choose to go into a factory with a bucket and get in touch with society earlier.
Every summer vacation is the peak time for major factories to recruit summer workers.
Even shortly after the high school and college entrance examinations, there will be HR personnel recruited by the factory to come with a team to distribute leaflets.
Of course, at this time, most of the recruitment is for summer jobs, but also for long-term jobs.
But for factories, they naturally know that these students who have just graduated from school will not be able to work for a long time, so they will not be given high remuneration in terms of wages.
As for students, in addition to those who failed, there are also some admitted students. The reason why everyone chooses to carry buckets to the factory during the summer is to earn a certain amount of living expenses during the summer.
7pm.
Gu Chen took Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha to a restaurant near Jiangnan City No. 1 Middle School for dinner.
This is also the first holiday after handling the case of the sudden death of a Rainbow Runner in Green Mountain Village.
Since the Green Mountain Villa case was handled very smoothly and Qin Gang was very satisfied, Zhao Guozhi also granted a special day off to allow Gu Chen's team to rest and recuperate.
Therefore, Gu Chen took advantage of his rare time off work to take everyone to a hotel near Jiangnan No. 1 Middle School for a small gathering.
"Although this restaurant has a large business area, the prices are relatively affordable. When we were studying, we would often come here to have dinner with our classmates."
"It's just that the owners have changed now. The old couple were in poor health and could no longer run the business. Therefore, they transferred the hotel to other people a few years ago, but there was only one requirement, which was to provide benefits."
Gu Chen, who was sitting in the corner, was also telling Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha about the past.
Lu Weiwei said with a look of envy: "It's obvious that the old couple cared about you students. Even when they transferred the hotel, they asked the boss who took over to follow the principle of benefit."
"That's not right. For students who work in a solid hotel, everyone pays more attention to word of mouth. The word of mouth accumulated by that team of old couples over the years is the best advertisement." Officer Wang heard this and couldn't help but make a few jokes.
After all, there are quite a lot of students dining in this restaurant, so business is good for a reason. The restaurants next door are also restaurants, but the business is obviously not as good as this one.
Therefore, anyone with a discerning eye knows that business is good for a reason, and word of mouth should be the first priority.
"Your food is here."
As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, the middle-aged man over there brought over the food ordered by Gu Chen and others.
These are some home-cooked dishes, including Gu Chen's favorite shredded pork with green pepper, minced pork and eggplant, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Although they were all ordinary home-cooked dishes, Gu Chen still hesitated for two seconds before picking up the chopsticks and putting them in his mouth to chew slowly.
Seeing Gu Chen eating like this, Yuan Shasha on the side also curiously asked: "Brother Gu, what's wrong with you? Why do you eat like a little girl?"
"Ah?" Gu Chen was stunned and quickly explained: "I just want to try it to see how different the taste of this dish is from that of the past."
"Then how much do you think the difference is?" Lu Weiwei tilted her head and looked at Gu Chen.
Gu Chen smiled faintly and said: "Generally speaking, the taste has not changed much. It still feels the same. Maybe I also received guidance from the old couple in terms of cooking skills."
"Are you talking about the two old men from before?" The proprietress was calculating the bill at the cashier counter. After hearing what Gu Chen said, she suddenly raised her head and asked.
Gu Chen turned his head and echoed: "Yes, they are the old couple from before."
"Well, they are not in good health." Taking advantage of her free time, the landlady walked over to Gu Chen and found an empty seat to sit down first.
But when he saw Gu Chen, he suddenly hesitated a few times, and then started to look at Gu Chen up and down again.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gu Chen was stunned and asked hurriedly: "Madam boss, is there anything wrong?"
"Is your name Gu Chen?" the landlady said weakly, as if she wasn't convinced.
Gu Chen nodded slightly and admitted proactively: "Yes, my name is Gu Chen, but boss lady, we haven't met before, right? How did you know that my name is Gu Chen?"
"So you are really Gu Chen?" Looking at Gu Chen again, the landlady also smiled and said: "Nothing has changed, it really hasn't changed at all, just wait."
As soon as she finished speaking, the lady boss stood up and walked towards the cashier.
Then, the landlady picked up the key, opened the middle drawer of the cash register, rummaged through it a few times, took out a color photo, and walked directly to Gu Chen.
"Here, look what this is?"
Before Gu Chen could take the photo, Lu Weiwei took the first step and took the photo in her hand. Her eyes suddenly lit up and she said in surprise: "Isn't this what Junior Brother Gu looked like when he was in high school? He was still wearing a school uniform."
"There is also an old couple here, could it be..."
Looking up at the proprietress, Lu Weiwei asked again: "Could this be the old couple from this restaurant before?"
"Yes." The landlady nodded slightly and said with a smile: "I also heard from the old couple that this may be the most promising student of Jiangnan No. 1 Middle School."
"Because Gu Chen was about to leave here after his college entrance examination, the old couple were reluctant to leave, so they asked Gu Chen to have other people help take this group photo when they ate here for the last time."
"Later, the old couple printed out the color photos, put one in the hotel, and kept the other for themselves."
"And the old couple also said that if Gu Chen comes back to this restaurant for dinner one day, remember to give him a free meal, treat them as a treat, and transfer the money to me later."
"I said, how can this be done? It's just a meal, and they don't need to pay. As long as I see Gu Chen, I will definitely give him a free meal."
After listening to the boss lady's words, everyone looked at each other, feeling that this was too surprising.
Yuan Shasha was very excited and said: "It turns out that eating... can really clean your face."
"Haha." Officer Wang didn't know what to say. He felt that Gu Chen's reputation in Jiangnan No. 1 Middle School was really great.
Even the restaurant owner wanted to give him a free meal, which shows how popular Gu Chen was in school back then. It was simply beyond words.
Gu Chen frowned and hurriedly asked the landlady: "Where are the old couple now? Can you still get in touch?"
"Uh!" The landlady heard Gu Chen's words and hesitated briefly.
But soon the sharp-eyed Gu Chen saw it and hurriedly asked: "What? What happened to them?"
"Well...it's nothing. I guess I'm just in poor health."
"Lady boss, bring me a box of beer."
Before the boss lady here finished speaking, there were customers shouting at the other end.
The landlady quickly said: "Come on, just wait a moment."
Glancing back at Gu Chen, the landlady said again: "I'm going to work first and we'll talk later."
"Okay." Gu Chen didn't want to chat with the landlady when she was busy.
While the proprietress was carrying beer behind the cashier, the boss happened to come out of the back kitchen with dishes and passed by the proprietress.
The landlady quickly reminded: "Husband, that person is Gu Chen."
"Ah?" The boss who was carrying the dishes was also dumbfounded and hurriedly asked the landlady: "Who do you think is Gu Chen?"
"That's it..."
The landlady carrying a box of beer could only tilt her chin in the direction of Gu Chen.
The boss squinted his eyes, thought for a few seconds, and then said, "So he is the Gu Chen that the couple mentioned?"
"Yeah, it's just him. I didn't expect to meet him today." The landlady also looked happy, as if she was a relative visiting her.
The boss quickly delivered the dishes to the guests' tables, then hurriedly walked to Gu Chen and said hello: "So you are Gu Chen? The previous owner of this restaurant often mentioned you to us and my wife."
"It's just that in the past few years, we haven't run into each other."
"This is also my first time here after graduation." Gu Chen said something and directly asked the boss: "I wonder how that old couple are doing now?"
"Harmful." After hearing Gu Chen's words, the boss seemed to have the same reaction as the landlady just now, with a look of disappointment.
Gu Chen frowned, as if he had an ominous premonition, so he quickly asked: "What happened to the two of them?"
"Isn't it just that I'm not in good health? What else can I do?" Sitting in the position where the landlady was just now, the boss also complained: "The bad thing is that his son suddenly disappeared, which made the couple confused."
"You're not waiting for a while." After hearing what the restaurant owner said, Gu Chen quickly interrupted: "You just said that the son of the couple suddenly disappeared?"
"Isn't it?" The boss raised his legs and said involuntarily: "Just two years ago, the son of this couple seemed to have a bad relationship with the work unit here, so he went to Pengcheng to work."
"Because their sons don't have much education, so they can only work in a factory in Pengcheng. I heard they found a factory."
"But you don't know that the consumption in Pengcheng is too high, so the old couple didn't follow them for the time being and continued to run the restaurant here."
After a pause, the hotel owner also sighed and said: "At first, it was okay. I could get a call back once a week, but then it became a call once every half month, and then there was no contact for a month."
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"The old couple were anxious. You said it's the New Year and it's a holiday. If you don't come back to get together, forget it. How about just calling back? But no, so the old couple called, but no one answered the phone and they lost contact.
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"In the next six months, there was no news from his son."
"Isn't that right?" After hearing her husband's explanation, the landlady finished her work and took the initiative to bring a small wooden chair to sit beside everyone and said:
"In the past six months, there has not been a single call back. At first, the couple thought it was because their son lost money playing cards, so they changed their numbers. They may contact them after a while."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "But until the evening of New Year's Eve, there was not a single call."
Having said this, the landlady also said angrily: "The old couple are so pitiful. They left their mobile phones there and waited quietly all night. They were both desperate. Did something happen to their son?"
"So, on New Year's Day, the old couple chose to call the police. The police also went to investigate, but... there was not much progress."
"So, the son of this old couple has been treated as a missing person."
"Later on, the old couple had no intention of running a restaurant, and their health was getting worse day by day. Later, they both got seriously ill and could no longer run the restaurant, so they transferred the hotel to us."
"So that's it?" After hearing what the landlady said, Gu Chen finally understood.
It turned out that the old couple had not been living well in the past two years.
But thinking that the couple's only sustenance had disappeared like this, Gu Chen understood the pain of the two old people very well.
You must know that the two old people got married late, and they married late and had children. This son is their darling, and he has been growing up in love over the years.
It can be said that the old couple gave everything they had for this son, but in the end, the son disappeared.
This is tantamount to announcing that the sky has fallen for the old couple.
Gu Chen took a deep breath and was not in the mood to eat anymore. He quickly asked the landlady: "Madam, do you know where this old couple lives now?"
"Well, it seems to be in the old city area of Chengnan Railway Station, near the overpass. I don't know exactly where it is," the proprietress said.
"What about the contact information?" Gu Chen asked again.
"I have the contact information. The old man knows how to use a smartphone. I'll make a video call." Hearing this, the restaurant owner quickly took out his mobile phone.
Then, I found the old man’s contact information in the WeChat address book and made a video call directly in front of everyone.
The phone was beeping and beeping but was not connected.
The restaurant owner was worried and said in a broken voice: "What's wrong with this old man? Why doesn't he answer the phone?"
"Hit one more." Lu Weiwei was also anxious and urged.
"Wait a moment." The restaurant owner pressed his left hand, and then made another video call.
At this moment, after the phone beeped twice, the other party finally answered the call.
A haggard old man with wrinkles on his face and gray hair was in a dark room at the moment, looking at the restaurant owner opposite and asking: "Is something wrong?"
"Uncle, look who is next to me?" The restaurant owner pulled Gu Chen to his side and pointed the camera of his mobile phone at Gu Chen.
Gu Chen also smiled slightly and waved hello to the old man in the camera: "Master, do you still know me?"
"Gu...Gu Chen?" When he saw Gu Chen, the old man immediately rubbed his eyes, fearing that he had mistakenly recognized the person.
But when he looked closer, he saw that Gu Chen was still waving to him, and the uncle finally smiled.
"Gu Chen? Is it really you, Gu Chen? I haven't seen you for many years. Are you still the same as before? Are you still the school idol?"
"Uncle, as you said, I am just an ordinary No. 1 middle school student."
"Hmm, you are not ordinary. From the first day I met you, I felt that you were different from others."
When the old man saw Gu Chen, he felt particularly happy. He couldn't help but say a few common words to Gu Chen:
"I still remember that among the students who came to my restaurant for dinner, you were the only one who read a book every day, while the others were chatting on their mobile phones."
"At that time, I felt that if this child can study seriously in such a noisy environment, he will definitely have a future, ahem..."
At the end of the sentence, the old man seemed to be overly happy and suddenly coughed twice.
So the old man quickly covered his mouth with his hand and took out the tissue next to him to wipe it a few times.
Gu Chen frowned and quickly asked with concern: "Uncle, are you not in good health?"
"It's... not bad, I'm just a bit older." When the uncle heard Gu Chen's words, he also forced a smile.
"What about aunt?" Gu Chen asked again.
The old man frowned at this time and seemed to be very embarrassed.
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PS: In fact, in reality, the old couple opened a noodle shop, which was affordable and delicious. I have been a regular customer there. Later, the old couple became ill and could only transfer the shop to other people, and then...
It doesn’t smell like that anymore. In fact, the old couple opened a noodle shop there because their son worked nearby. They wanted to accompany their son and not cause trouble to him, so they opened a noodle shop. Well, I really miss that old couple. They look so good.
Like a celebrity couple, they are also very good to me. This reminds me of another old man. I will write it in other plots later. If you like me, I am a super policeman. Please collect it: (www.sodu777.net) I am a super policeman.
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