Lies and truth

"How do you want me to tell Mom when I get home?"

"They said your daughter went out and won't come back, that Zhang Yuexuan has become a murderer, that what she said is her own business and we don't want to get involved."

Li Qingyun looked at Zhang Yuexuan, "Do you want me to say this when I get back?"

"Is this what you want? Zhang Yuexuan!"

Zhang Yuexuan stood there in a daze, and rarely said anything back.

"It's my fault." Suddenly, a light voice sounded, with a barely perceptible hoarseness.

Jiang Qing raised her head, her face pale. Facing Jiang Qing's surprised gaze, she said, "I'm sorry."

Jiang Qing was baffled and couldn't understand, "How could it be you..."

Jiang Qing shook her head, interrupting Jiang Qing before she could finish her words.

"I could have avoided it," she turned to look at Zhang Yuexuan. "She did push me. She pushed me impulsively. There were no cars on the road at the time. She didn't want me to die."

Zhang Yuexuan looked at Jiang Qing strangely, as if she had suddenly discovered something incredible.

"But I hesitated." At that moment, for some reason, Jiang Qing sat on the ground in a daze, his head a mess, as if he had fallen into a trance.

Until the lights of the cars shone into her pupils, until Jiang Qing shouted her name loudly, until the bright orange light cut through the dark night.

Jiang Qingcai suddenly woke up from her trance. She held her head with both hands and rolled out from under the wheel.

"I could have avoided that car sooner."

When Jiang Qing saw Lin Nanyue lying there silently and collapsed and didn't dare to move forward, she regretted why she couldn't react faster, even for one second.

"It was my fault."

In the silence, as dead as death, applause suddenly broke out.

As the familiar footsteps approached, Jiang Qing turned around and said with gritted teeth, "Li, Liang."

Lin Nanyan subconsciously half-blocked Jiang Qing, and Jiang Qing stood in front of the two of them.

Li Liang walked towards Jiang Qing from the alley with a smile on his face. He fixed his gaze on her face and sighed, "So you have such a kind heart."

Jiang Qing frowned. Just as Li Liang's attitude towards her was inexplicable, she also had some grudges against Li Liang.

After all, Li Mingcheng is Li Liang's father, and Li Guohong is Li Liang's elder.

"Why are you here?" Li Qingyun looked grim.

Li Liang turned around and said, "You should thank me for the information I gave you."

"It's you!" Li Qingyun and Zhang Yuexuan spoke at the same time.

Li Qingyun's face suddenly darkened. He went to his uncle's house to pick up Zhang Yuexuan but didn't show up. It was his neighbor who told him that Zhang Yuexuan might have come to the main road at the end of the alley.

Zhang Yuexuan asked why Li Qingyun came so quickly, and it turned out that Li Liang was behind it.

Li Qingyun asked defensively, "What exactly do you want to do?"

"What do you think—" Li Liang suddenly turned to Jiang Qing and leaned forward slightly. "What do I want to do?"

Jiang Qing met Li Liang's dark eyes and finally realized who sent the text message he received today.

Seeing this, Jiang Qing grabbed Jiang Qing and faced Li Liang herself.

"Do you know there was a car accident just now?" she said with anger in her eyes. "Those are six lives, not toys for you to vent your anger on!"

"Oh? Really?" Li Liang paused for a moment, then smiled. "What a pity."

When Jiang Qing met Li Liang's smile, she felt cold all over.

Li Liang doesn't care.

He only cares about what he cares about, and can only see the results he wants. As for everything else, he selectively blocks it all.

Upon hearing this, Lin Nanyan's eyebrows darkened and his voice suddenly turned cold: "Does Zhang Daiqin know that you have deceived her son and daughter like this?"

His eyes were dark. "I heard that you call her Auntie and Li Guohong Uncle-in-law."

Li Liang's smile disappeared instantly.

That's a damn good question.

He turned to look at Jiang Qing, "Is my question difficult to answer?"

Everyone followed the boy's gaze and looked towards Jiang Qing.

Jiang Qing met Li Liang's serious expression across the crowd. At a certain moment, she suddenly realized that Li Liang seemed to see through all her thoughts.

Jiang Qing bit her lip and clearly felt a certain sense of anxiety in the air.

She couldn't help but wonder, what exactly did Li Liang want by setting up this game?

If you want to see the logic behind his behavior, you can only follow the cause and effect, discard all the confusing outer appearances, peel off the onion skin, and find the innermost logic.

Zhang Yuexuan's reaction was uncontrollable, and her pushing someone and causing the car accident was also an accident. Li Liang was not so wise as to predict what would happen next.

So, that car accident was not what Li Liang wanted.

The current situation is not what he wants, and all plans are still in progress.

In a flash, she remembered what Li Liang had said.

"My desire to hurt Jiang Qing has never stopped."

"I'm waiting, waiting for a result."

A certain idea was about to emerge from my mind.

"Yuexuan is right. Those who do wrong should pay the price," Li Liang said with a warm smile, "isn't that right?"

Jiang opened his lips gently, "I..."

Li Qingyun couldn't help but take a step forward.

"Don't say anything!" Jiang Qing yelled. She pushed Lin Nanyan away, who was in the way, and stared at Jiang Qing, "Don't say anything."

"He's just trying to provoke you."

Jiang Qing was silent for a moment, "I know, but..."

"No buts!" Jiang Qing interrupted her decisively, speaking quickly and firmly, "Jiang Qing, I don't want to hear any buts from you."

Jiang Qing looked at Jiang Qing with a domineering look on his face and shut up obediently.

Li Liang: ...

For the first time, he was speechless.

He opened his mouth, "You..."

"Shut up!" Jiang Qing turned around and said fiercely, "I don't want to listen to you anymore!"

"Lin Nanyan, take him away!"

Before Li Liang could say anything, a tall and strong boy covered his mouth and dragged him away.

A sharp pain came from his arm, and this time he was really angry and laughed.

Jiang Qing turned to look at Li Qingyun. "I think I understand the whole story. Even if you only know a few details, you can ask your sister and she should be able to fill you in."

"I guess you didn't communicate properly with Zhang Yuexuan about the previous matter. You are also responsible for this matter."

Li Qingyun nodded in surprise.

"And you, Zhang Yuexuan," Jiang Qing bared her small white teeth. "You said that those who did something wrong should pay the price. The victim of this incident is still lying in the hospital. We can't say anything on their behalf."

"As I said, whoever is responsible is responsible."

"As for whether they want to hold people accountable and how you want to resolve this matter, it all depends on the wishes of the victim."

"I hope you can be as strong in your actions as you are in your words and take on your responsibilities."

Zhang Yuexuan's brain was overloaded. From Li Liang's changing expression to the meaning of Jiang Qing's words throughout the night, she vaguely realized that perhaps things were not as simple as she saw.

Meeting Jiang Qing's gaze, she glanced at Jiang Qing one last time and lowered her eyes, "I know."

"Very good." Jiang Qing nodded with satisfaction.

"You guys go first." She waved her little hands and drove them away like sheep.

Seeing the two of them walking away like wandering souls, she took a deep breath and turned around.

"Jiang Qing, let's talk."

In the dark night, Lin Nanyan covered Li Liang's mouth and held him for a long time, until he was completely out of Jiang Qing's sight, then he let go.

One of Li Liang's shoes was worn off. He struggled to his feet, shaking his arm in pain, and taunted, "You really are a good dog she raised."

"Thank you for the compliment." Lin Nanyue listened expressionlessly, as if the person opposite him was not scolding him.

Li Liang: ...

He thought about the countless situations that might arise tonight, and he made plans for each one. He calculated that the probability of him getting the desired result was 90%.

The remaining 10% can only be God's will not be on his side.

He thought a lot and did a lot, but he never expected to meet two crazy husbands and wives.

There was no conspiracy or intrigue, no unparalleled battle of wits, it just simply and brutally disrupted all his plans.

He spun around angrily, then turned and kicked the trash can hard.

"I fucking %..."

Li Liang knew clearly that after tonight, everything would be over.

And now, he can only hope to bet on the remaining 10%, and that God is on his side.

"Even without me," he turned around and pointed at Lin Nanyan, "Jiang Qing will still die."

Li Nanyan slowly lowered the finger that was in front of his eyes. He raised his eyelids slightly and said indifferently, "Really?"

Li Liang: "...You are really sick!"

On the other side of the road, Li Qingyun tossed a helmet to Zhang Yuexuan, got on his motorcycle, and glanced at her sideways. "Let's go. Mom's waiting for you at home."

Zhang Yuexuan put on a helmet, sat on the back seat, and grabbed the support behind her with her backhand to stabilize her body.

Li Qingyun tightened his lips and stepped on the accelerator. The motorcycle motor vibrated noticeably, carrying the two of them slowly forward along the main road at the end of the alley.

Zhang Yuexuan's unfocused gaze fell on both sides of the road until Li Qingyun's voice sounded from the front.

"Is the person... seriously injured?" he asked.

Zhang Yuexuan's voice was a little muffled by the wind, "I don't know."

Li Qingyun didn't say anything else. He carried the people across the long river and finally stopped at the lake.

The rain gradually subsided and turned into slanting thin threads, like fine feathers falling to the earth, causing ripples on the water surface.

"Before we go home, we need to talk first," Li Qingyun turned around, "Why are you there?"

Zhang Yuexuan lowered her eyes, "Li Liang told me something about Jiang Qing."

Li Qingyun said angrily, "You believe what he says?"

"He has evidence," Zhang Yuexuan looked up, "I know he's not lying."

"Besides, I asked him to tell me."

Li Liang was more honest than anyone else in this calculation. He did not tell a single lie, but everything was still moving in the direction he wanted.

Jiang Qing just figured out this person's intention.

She instinctively decided that the confrontation could no longer continue, so she made a prompt decision to stop the fight and let Lin Nanyan take the man away.

At this moment, only she and Jiang Qing were left present.

She walked through the alley she came from, and at the end of her sight, a convenience store was lit with small dim lights.

It is isolated from everything happening across the street. It stands quietly, and from the pouring wind and rain to the misty drizzle, the twinkling warm lights remain as stable as before.

Jiang Qing entered the convenience store and ordered two cups of hot milk, "To warm my stomach."

"Even though it's summer, you still have to be careful not to catch a cold."

Jiang Qing gathered the hot milk in her palm, and the warm touch coming from her palm was just like the feeling Jiang Qing gave people.

Quiet, warm and soft.

But now, Jiang Qing knows that this is not all of her.

Jiang Qing only showed the side of herself that she wanted to show in front of her.

"Jiang Jiang," Jiang sighed softly, "You should stay away from me."

The petals falling from the sky that day eventually blinded her eyes and clouded her heart.

"What Li Liang failed to say will eventually be finished."

Jiang Qing looked at Jiang Qing quietly, "Okay."

"But before that, I want to tell you a story."