The Little Brat’s Sweet And Sassy

It rang, and the other side picked it up.

"Ali?"

Gu Tinglan smiled,

"Why do you suddenly remember to call me?"

It is rare for her to take the initiative to call.

Shen Li said:

"Little uncle, I accompanied my grandmother to Dutian Villa to watch the moon this morning."

Gu Tinglan was startled.

He knew that Shen Li had returned to Hong Kong City in the past two days, but the specific itinerary was unclear.

It was...

"Really? So—how does it feel?"

"It's good." Shen Li said, "It's just a little sticky, and it took a long time to appease it before leaving."

Gu Tinglan was silent for a moment, then laughed and sighed:

"Stick people?"

Apart from Fourth Sister, this was the first time he heard someone describe Jiaoyue like this from someone else's mouth.

It's been good these years. No one can touch Jiaoyue's violent temper earlier.

Especially after the fourth sister left, Jiaoyue fell into a long period of depression, and after that...

"I guess it knows to stick to you."

He sighed.

Shen Li paused, then asked carefully:

"Little uncle, back then... how did the fire start?"

The voice fell, and Gu Tinglan on the other end of the phone suddenly fell silent, as if even breathing was annihilated.

The air freezes and freezes.

After a while, Gu Tinglan spoke with difficulty:

"Why do you suddenly think of asking this?"

This is a pain that both Gu Jia and Shen Zhijin will never forget.

For nearly two decades, they have been extremely tacit and seldom mentioned.

Because touching it, it hurts to the bone marrow.

After recognizing Shen Li, they rarely mentioned it in front of her.

Even, Shen Li accidentally heard from Xu Yin and Yu Pingchuan about many things of that year.

Gu Tinglan never thought that she would take the initiative to ask.

Shen Li was quiet for a moment, then whispered:

"I... I saw the bright moon today, and I miss her very much."

Do not.

She wanted Gu Tingyin, the one who kept the child tightly in her arms until she died, the one who originally belonged to her, but she couldn't even call "mother".

She misses her more than today.

Gu Tinglan's chest hurt, and her heart seemed to be beaten by something.

They never mentioned the incident to Shen Li, and Shen Li never said such a thing to them.

——She wanted Gu Tingyin very much.

Everyone knew there was a scar there.

No one touches it, pretending it doesn't exist, as if that would reduce some of the pain.

But how is it possible?

That wound has been going on for years and never healed.

It hurts so much, how can you not feel it?

In fact, she should have asked Shen Zhijin about this matter.

But she can't.

She can't.

So after thinking about it, she could only ask Gu Tinglan.

"I remember that my uncle went to Lincheng before, as if he was investigating this matter?"

Gu Tinglan was quiet for a long time before he said:

"Yes."

He sorted out the tumultuous thoughts in his head.

"I mentioned to you before that the fire actually started from the house downstairs. The man forgot to turn off the valve after cooking in the morning, which caused the natural gas leak. Later, he went to the bathroom to take a shower and turned on the water heater. , it exploded. The kitchen and bathroom are next to each other, so...

At that time, your mother was upstairs with... and the child, and the fire started very fast. Your mother had just given birth and was still relatively weak. She had to protect the child, so she... could not run out. "

Gu Tinglan closed his eyes.

"Finally... suffocated to death."

Shen Li didn't speak for a long time.

Gu Tinglan took a deep breath and said:

"Ali, in fact, your mother's due date was July 10 at that time, and the family originally said that it would pass when the day was approaching, but I didn't expect you to be born half a month earlier. After receiving the news, the family members Immediately rushed to Lincheng. However, you also know that it will take a while to get to Lincheng from the port city.

Your mother arrived at the hospital in the morning, and the delivery went well, but... that child has a serious congenital heart disease, and the hospital in Lincheng could not see it. The family discussed transferring it to Yunzhou. At that time, your father... went to contact the hospital in Yunzhou, and it took a lot of preparation to take them to Yunzhou, so he left for a while, really a while..."

Gu Tinglan's voice choked.

"...When he arranged everything properly, when he went back..."

No one could have imagined that the fire would burn at that moment.

Shen Li sat on the chair, her eyes slightly lowered, her shoulders straight, but her fingers trembled slightly.

"That's why your father can't forgive himself all these years."

Even if it really wasn't his fault.

Who could have predicted what would happen next?

If it wasn't for so many people blocking the scene, Shen Zhijin would have died inside.

In the end, he knelt down outside the fire in despair, watching his life also burn, and eventually turned into a black ash of nothingness.

The smoke disappeared.

From now on, there is no difference between living and dying.

Shen Li listened without moving.

She suddenly remembered that the night of the paternity test, she persuaded Shen Zhijin, saying that it was too cold and his injury had not healed, so he should go back first.

He said that he was not qualified to ask her for anything, but he should have the qualifications for that night.

I didn't know it at the time, but now that I think about it, I realize how much unspeakable pain is hidden under those words.

——He didn't even have a chance to come back, he could only suffer day and night.

Endure, suffer, be silent, day and night.

She lowered her head slightly, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and a small dark trace was smeared on her jeans.

She closed her eyes, trying to keep her voice as calm as possible.

"It was in the morning, why did that person suddenly go to take a bath?"

Gu Tinglan condensed:

"We have always had suspicions about this. But there was no evidence of the death, and the police didn't find anything. In the end, we had to let it go and decide that it was an accident. It was not until a few years ago that we accidentally discovered that we tried to kidnap Your mother's kidnappers once had a secret relationship with a person with a title for a period of time. This person may have participated in the kidnapping incident, and may even be the mastermind behind the scenes. Unfortunately, the content of the dialogue between them has already been If it is erased, it can only be found that it is a foreign number, and that number corresponds to a non-existent person."

The clue was interrupted at this point, and the other party obviously concealed his identity.

Shen Li remembered this person.

"My uncle said that when the fire broke out, that person had returned to China?"

"Yes. Because at that time, on a flight from abroad to China, that person used that fake passport again." Gu Tinglan shook his head, "Unfortunately, when we found out, it had been more than ten years. , the investigative methods were limited back then, and that person should have been disguised when he entered the country. So although he knew that he had returned to China, he was sunk in the sea, and there was no more information to find out."

"In the following years, the fake passport was never used again, and we couldn't do anything about it. But the kidnapping and the fire, both of which have his shadow, so..."

So, have to doubt.

Shen Li thought for a while, then suddenly asked:

"Is my uncle familiar with Shi Yang?"

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Well, I admit, I said before that Shen Zhijin didn't feel sorry for himself, it was completely my self-comfort and deceived others.

I don't know how many times my eyes are swollen from crying for him.

The swollen-eyed February sent a good night.