Chapter 434 The truth that has been hidden for 33 years
The unspeakable ugliness hidden deep in our hearts will often be nakedly presented before our eyes due to an unintentional word or the guidance of a picture, making us ask ourselves and be unable to stop. Maybe it’s only one day.
Only when we truly dare to put it in the sun will our souls be redeemed, and those inexplicable sadness and melancholy that often appear will disappear, and we will live more like ourselves.
"Crackling..."
The rope that strung one hundred and eight beads broke, just like the last straw that overwhelmed Zhao Shuzhen's heart. Zhao Shuzhen felt a burst of darkness coming, and the beads fell to the floor with a tinkling sound.
Rolling, hitting, and finally gradually stopping, they lay quietly on the ground, miniature Bodhisattvas, their eyes looked at the old woman in front of them, as if they were laughing at the ugliness in her heart, ironic and sad.
Tears burst out of her eyes and fell down her cheeks one by one. They struck the back of her hand as if they were striking deep in her heart, making a silent and roaring sound.
"I said..."
Two extremely hoarse and low words were finally spoken from Zhao Shuzhen's mouth during the long silence, which made Xu Lang secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
"Then let's talk about it in detail." Xu Lang still said in a cold tone.
Zhao Shuzhen lowered her head and looked at the Buddhist bead on the floor facing her. Her eyes were ashen, and her lips moved as she slowly revealed the secret she had hidden in her heart for more than thirty years.
Xu Lang's previous investigation was correct. Zhao Shuzhen and Qiu Jiming actually knew Qin Youqi a long time ago. Not only did they know Qin Youqi, they were also familiar with Qin Youliang.
At that time, Qin Youqi's father came to S City from Yunnan City to work hard. Finally, he settled in S City. Not only did he buy a house in S City, he also accumulated a pretty good family business. This also brought Qin Youqi opportunities to open a factory in the future.
Some help.
Zhao Shuzhen used to live near Qin Youqi's house and was considered a neighbor. Because Zhao Shuzhen was older than the Qin Youqi brothers, their relationship had always been neither close nor far. Although the relationship between Zhao Shuzhen and Qin Youqi was like that, Qiu Jiming and Qin Youqi
The relationship is very good. Maybe the friendship between men is purer than the friendship between men and women.
After Zhao Shuzhen graduated, she went to work in a bus company as a conductor. At that time, being a conductor was actually a very good job. Qiu Jiming was driving at that time and his skills were very good. Under the arrangement of the company, they
We often go out in the car together. Just like Xu Lang said, the two of them have been together for a long time. They never see each other without looking up. They also run long distances. A car trip lasts for several days. Naturally, the two of them gradually become familiar with each other.
They got up, developed feelings, and finally, the two of them came together.
When they got married, both Qin Youqi and Qin Youliang attended their wedding. It was called a wedding, but in fact, it was just setting up a few tables of wine, calling people they knew to their home, eating, drinking and making noise together.
That's it.
When Zhao Shuzhen and Qiu Jiming got married, Zhao Shuzhen discovered that Qiu Jiming and Qin Youqi had known each other for a long time and were very familiar with them. She was curious at the time, but she didn't ask any more questions.
After marriage, the two people's life was still the same. They ran long distances together. It was really a husband-wife-following affair, which made others envious. However, such sweet days did not last long. Soon, Zhao Shuzhen became pregnant. She was pregnant, so it was naturally impossible.
After continuing to run long distances, the two of them discussed it and Zhao Shuzhen quit her job and concentrated on raising her baby at home. At this time, Qin Youqi and Qiao Lina would come over to visit Zhao Shuzhen, so that Zhao Shuzhen would not be so lonely.
At the beginning, Zhao Shuzhen thought Qin Youqi and Qiao Lina were a couple. Unexpectedly, Qin Youliang and Qiao Lina later ended up together.
The first child of Zhao Shuzhen and Qiu Jiming is a daughter. This makes Qiu Jiming, who has strong traditional concepts and patriarchal thoughts, very unhappy. In Qiu Jiming's view, it is better not to have a daughter. After all, a daughter will get married sooner or later.
Yes, if they only have one daughter, who will provide for them when they grow old?
With this idea in mind, they wanted their second child, a boy. Because they were doing family planning at that time, there was a fine for having more children, and Qiu Jiming's salary was only a little. Not to mention the hard work, the salary he received was only a small amount.
The family's expenses were not enough, so there was no way to pay the fine. In the end, Qin Youqi's father helped pay the fine. Afterwards, Zhao Shuzhen found out that Qin Youqi asked his father to do this.
Because of this incident, Qiu Jiming's family was very grateful to Qin Youqi. During the period when their two children were growing up, Qin Youqi often came to visit them, helped them, and treated the two children as his own. Although, that
Qin Youqi was not very old at that time and was still a student himself. This made Qiu Jiming often tell Zhao Shuzhen that Qin Youqi was a good person and he must repay him well in the future.
When their son was three years old, Qin Youliang got married, and the person he married was Qiaolina. However, Qiaolina at that time was not called Qiaolina, but Qiaoina.
Compared with the outgoing and trouble-making Qin Youqi, Qin Youliang's relationship with Qiu Jiming's family is average. However, for Qin Youqi's sake,
They often interacted with each other, so when Qin Youliang got married, they still went. However, after spending time with Qin Youqi for a long time, they also saw that Qin Youqi liked Qiao Lina, and Qiao Lina also liked Qin Youqi. As for why Qiao Lina ended up
They were also puzzled that they would choose to be with Qin Youliang, but this was a family matter, and as outsiders, it was hard for them to say anything.
When Qin Youliang took Qiao Lina back to Yunnan City to hold a wedding, Qin Youqi did not attend. After Qin Youliang and his wife returned to S City, not long after, Qin Youliang and Qin Youqi returned to Yunnan City again. As for what they were going back for, they didn't know.
, but before going back, Qin Youqi found Qiu Jiming and his wife.
At that time, Qiu Jiming's two children were still waiting for food, and they were in need of money. During a routine check-up, Qiu Jiming accidentally discovered that he had liver cancer, and it was still in the late stage. This made Qiu Jiming feel that the whole world was dark.
, he was in great pain and started drinking.
At this time, Qin Youqi found Qiu Jiming and offered to give him 10,000 yuan. In addition, he would raise his two children. As a condition, he asked Qiu Jiming to do something for him. As for what to do specifically, Qin Youqi didn't know directly at the time.
He just said that it was a very dangerous matter that would get him shot, and he asked Qiu Jiming to think about it.
Qiu Jiming knew that he had liver cancer and it was impossible to cure it. Even if it could be cured, it would only cost money to buy time, and their family was not particularly wealthy to begin with. What's more, their two children were still young, and Zhao Shuzhen had not worked in the past few years.
, the burden of the family's life rests on Qiu Jiming alone. After much thought, he agreed.
In fact, Zhao Shuzhen didn't want Qiu Jiming to do this at that time. After all, she still loved her husband very much. However, when she thought of Qiu Jiming's illness and Qin Youqi's help to them over the years, Zhao Shuzhen didn't know how to comfort Qiu Jiming.
What's more, Qiu Jiming has always had the final say in their family, and she didn't dare to say anything.
In this way, not long after, brothers Qin Youqi and Qin Youliang returned to Yunnan City in a bus driven by Qiu Jiming. Not long after, the car accident occurred. Qiu Jiming died, and Qin Youliang also died not long after their wedding. The police
After some investigation, it was determined that the car accident was caused by an accident, and the case was quickly closed. The dead victims, as well as the injured victims, all received relevant compensation from the bus company. That was it.
It ended with a 'happy ending'.
Others didn't know the truth, but Zhao Shuzhen guessed something, because Qin Youqi was not in the car. He suspected that this was the last thing Qin Youqi asked Qiu Jiming to do. However, there was no evidence, and afterward,
Zhao Shuzhen received a huge sum of 10,000 yuan.
Ten thousand yuan is not a lot of money now, but more than thirty years ago, ten thousand yuan was a huge sum of money. With this money, Zhao Shuzhen, mother and son can survive
Zhao Shuzhen knew that Qiu Jiming had paid for the money with his life, so when the police found her and asked about the situation, she chose to lie and cover up the matter quietly.
Afterwards, Qin Youqi returned to S City after handling Qin Youliang's funeral affairs. Qin Youqi's father had passed away, and Qin Youliang, one of the two men in the family, died, leaving Qin Youqi alone.
With his father's inheritance, he started a business.
Qin Youqi not only fulfilled his original promise of 10,000 yuan to Qiu Jiming, but also bought a house for Zhao Shuzhen. After the mechanical processing factory was opened, he also gave Zhao Shuzhen 1% of the shares. As for her two children
, from the beginning of school to graduation, Qin Youqi basically borne all the expenses alone.
Not long after Qin Youliang's death, Qiaolin became pregnant and gave birth to a son. At that time, Zhao Shuzhen thought that the child was Qin Youqi's. Before Qin Youliang gave birth to the child, Qiaolin had married Qin Youqi, which also made Zhao Shuzhen sure.
The original guess made Zhao Shuzhen a little scared and fearful of Qin Youqi and Qiao Lina, and she did not dare to have too much contact with them.
It's not that Zhao Shuzhen has never thought about leaving, but she has no education or work experience, and her two children are still in school. Although she has the 10,000 yuan that Qiu Jiming sacrificed her life for, this money
How long can it be used?
After much thought, Zhao Shuzhen chose to stay and work in Qin Youqi's factory. However, she had been deliberately avoiding Qin Youqi and his wife. Maybe because of the incident at the beginning, Qin Youqi did not deliberately go to find Zhao Shuzhen.
The factory arranged a very relaxed job for her, so that they did not disturb each other.
In this way, more than thirty years passed in a flash, and everything was proceeding according to the normal trajectory of life.
Xu Lang was right. After the car accident, Zhao Shuzhen rushed to Yunnan City immediately. She not only saw the body of her husband Qiu Jiming, but also the bodies of Qin Youliang and several other victims, as well as those injured lying in the hospital.
Zhao Shuzhen had never seen car accidents before. When she saw those cold corpses and the patients moaning in pain on the hospital bed, Zhao Shuzhen felt uneasy in her conscience. Over the years, she had been having nightmares.
What happened was the tragic scene when the car accident happened, and she woke up from nightmares countless times.
After returning from Yunnan City, Zhao Shuzhen began to believe in Buddhism and went to
She went to the temple and asked for a bracelet engraved with Bodhisattva. She chanted sutras every day. Not only did she make offerings to the Bodhisattva at home, but she also went to the temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha on the first and fifteenth day of every month. On the one hand, she confessed to the Bodhisattva and alleviated the pain in her heart.
Sin, on the one hand, is to accumulate moral virtue for Qiu Jiming. Perhaps, only by doing this, can she feel better and enjoy everything she has gained in exchange for multiple lives with peace of mind.
When Qin Liang's death in Chengdong District was reported by the media, Zhao Shuzhen got the news immediately. She began to panic, knowing that Qin Liang's death might not be an accident, but a belated revenge.
Sure enough, everything was as Zhao Shuzhen had guessed. After Qin Liang's accident, something happened to Qin Fen, and then Qin Youqi and Qiao Lina disappeared. Qiao Lina was dead, she knew. As for whether Qin Youqi was dead, she didn't know.
She was worried that she would be the next one. It didn't matter if she died directly. She was worried about her two children. She had been living in such suffering all these years just for the two children. If it was because of herself and her husband who had been dead for many years, the two children
If something happened to her child, she would probably suffer more than death.
When Xu Lang and Fan Yang found Zhao Shuzhen for the first time, she was not surprised. However, she still chose to remain silent because she didn't know what was going on with Qin Youqi.
Perhaps, too much time had passed, and she had almost forgotten about it. Perhaps, she felt that eating fast and chanting Buddha had redeemed her sins. Perhaps, she had convinced herself. In short, she chose to remain silent.
However, all this, with the in-depth investigation of the police, the questioning of Xu Lang's soul, and the break of the prayer beads on which all hopes were placed, the fig leaf of self-deception that had been blocking her eyes was revealed, and she had to face it head-on.
Faced with the ugliness in her heart, she collapsed and chose to reveal the secrets that had been stored in her heart for more than thirty years.
After listening to Zhao Shuzhen's story, both Xu Lang and Fan Yang fell into a long silence.
Is Zhao Shuzhen a sinner?
No, she is just an insider, a woman who is forced by marriage and life. She is very pitiful. From a legal point of view, Zhao Shuzhen is not guilty. At most, it is just a cover-up crime. But from a moral point of view,
Look, what Zhao Shuzhen did cannot be said to be right, but it cannot be said to be wrong either. Not everyone can exterminate relatives out of justice, and not everyone can have the courage to tell the sins of their relatives. Many men cannot do it, let alone a leader.
A woman with two children.
Does Zhao Shuzhen have a conscience?
Yes, it can be seen from the fact that she has fasted and chanted Buddha's name over the years. Even though she did it just for self-comfort at the beginning, more than thirty years later, she still insists on doing it. It can be seen that she still has a conscience.
Although the accidental car accident case thirty-three years ago has not been completely clarified, it is now certain that the accidental car accident was not an accident, but a premeditated murder case. The direct murderer was the bus driver Qiu Jiming, who was killed.
In addition to Qin Youliang, who was destined to die, there were other passengers, and the murderer Qiu Jiming was dead. Even if he did not die on the spot, he would not survive for long. However, it was not Qiu Jiming who planned all this, but Qin Youqi.
However, we still don’t know why Qin Youqi did this, what his motivation was, and what his purpose was.
Judging from Zhao Shuzhen's confession, everything may have happened because of one woman, Qiao Lina. However, is this really the case?
I'm afraid it's not that simple. Qin Youqi's father worked hard in S city for many years and left a lot of inheritance. Although the inheritance was not very large, it was still very tempting for the family at that time. Their family only had two people.
There are two boys, Qin Youqi and Qin Youliang. If Qin Youliang is killed, Qin Youqi can get all the inheritance. This is probably one of the reasons.
But, more importantly, Qin Youqi's motive for killing the brother of a compatriot must be more than these. There may be other reasons, but this reason is not yet known.
Next, Xu Lang asked Zhao Shuzhen many questions about more than thirty years, and of course, questions about Qin Liang.
Zhao Shuzhen didn't know much about what happened over thirty years ago. Many of them were just her guesses and could not be used as evidence. As for Qin Liang, Zhao Shuzhen's statement was very interesting.
Qin Liang has been a genius since he was a child, a top student, and has very good academic performance. However, for some reason, Qin Youqi is very disliked by his eldest son. He never mentions the child in front of outsiders. Once someone mentions it, he will be very angry and very angry.
Angry, over time, no one mentioned this child anymore. As time went by, Qin Liang slowly faded from people's memories. It seemed that there was no such person.
Compared with Qin Liang's obscurity, their youngest son Qin Fen has always attracted much attention and been favored by everyone since he was born. In the past, many old people who worked in mechanical processing factories, during those ten years, Lu
They left one after another. Most of them thought that Qin Youqi only had one son, Qin Fen. As for the eldest son Qin Liang, they had no impression of him. They didn't even know that such a person existed.
Regarding this issue, Zhao Shuzhen said that Qin Liang was not the child of Qin Youqi and Qiao Lina, but the child of Qin Youliang and Qiao Lina, so he was exempted from the price. In addition, Zhao Shuzhen also said some extraordinary things.