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After another long drive, Xu Liang finally arrived at Chengnan Prison.

However, when she got off the bus, she saw that familiar figure.

My chest tightened and my heartbeat accelerated for no reason.

She didn't like this feeling very much.

She squeezed the car keys in her hand tightly and again.

"Aren't you afraid of danger if you come alone?" Qi Yu spoke first.

What was rare was that there was no blame in his tone, only a hint of worry and helplessness.

If the car system wasn't connected to all his other systems, he really wouldn't be able to find her.

When he saw that her destination was Chengnan Prison, he roughly guessed something.

Xu Liang lowered his head and pursed his lips, still stubbornly saying, "What's it to you?"

Qi Yu's eyes flashed, his lips moved, but he remained patient.

"Grandpa Xu and Grandma Xu are also my respected elders, so of course it's my business."

Hearing this answer, Xu Jing felt a little disappointed.

Qi Yu continued, "Even if you come here, that person won't want to see us."

Xu Liang felt that the other person's gaze was always on her, as if he was looking at her carefully.

She turned around calmly, deliberately facing sideways to him: "I just want to give it a try. I'll use Zhang Qilin's name to see him. Maybe he will come out."

Hearing this, Qi Yu's eyes lit up and he suddenly understood.

"That's a good idea."

Xu Liang didn't say anything else and planned to go in directly.

But the man grabbed her again.

"What on earth are you going to do?" Xu Liang's tone sounded a little impatient, but it seemed more like he was hiding some emotion.

He pounded his shoulders a few times, not too hard, and said in a steady tone, "It's all covered in dust. Don't worry, let's check the statements first."

My heart felt like it was gently tickled by a feather, and besides the sweet and sour taste, a slight itchiness arose.

Xu Liang pursed his lips and did not reject his action.

…

Outside the window, Xu Liang and Qi Yu were still waiting.

Xu Liang didn't know if he could trick the culprit into coming out to meet them.

Seeing the minute hand on the watch move several times, Xu Liang felt a little disappointed.

The person next to him comforted him: "Don't worry, wait a little longer."

Another five minutes passed and the person still didn't come out. Xu Liang almost gave up.

However, at the last moment, the prison guard came out with people.

The face that had become unfamiliar in his memory appeared again, and Xu Liang couldn't recognize it completely at first glance.

The man was wearing prison clothes and had his hair shaved very short. He was very skinny, with his hands clasped in front of his abdomen and his head lowered, like an empty shell that had lost its life force.

When the bright light came into view, the man finally looked up.

Xu Liang and Qi Yu already had a clue in their minds——

Their guess was correct.

However, the moment their eyes met, the man suddenly realized that he had been deceived, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he turned around and wanted to leave.

Fortunately, they were well prepared.

Qi Yu took out his cell phone and held it close to the window.

A line of words appeared on the phone screen: The child has died of illness.

The man seemed to be telling the guard that he wanted to leave, and the guard noticed the window and motioned for him to look.

With just this one glance, the man's expression changed again.

His resistance disappeared in an instant, and he strode to the window and answered the phone.

“When did it happen?”

The man's voice was hoarse, tears fell, his face twitched slightly, and his shoulders trembled slightly.

Xu Liang and Qi Yu exchanged a tacit glance. Xu Liang picked up the phone and spoke slowly, "Three months ago, your wife wanted to see you, but you didn't want to see her or hear any news."

The man in the window seemed to suddenly remember something, and hot tears hung on the stubble on his lips, about to fall.

Xu Liang continued, "Mr. Zhao, you should know us. You must know why we're here, sitting here. I just want to know, was Zhang Qilin behind the car accident a year ago?"

Xu Liang's voice was not completely calm, and he tugged at his sleeve with the hand that held up the receiver.

The man was stunned, very hesitant and refused to speak.

Xu Jing knew that he would never speak easily, and the solemnity between his brows deepened. He continued, "Do you know why your child died of illness?"

When the child was mentioned, the man spoke without hesitation and asked her why.

Xu Liang stared at those wet red eyes, and the scene of him and his grandparents suddenly flashed through his mind, and his breathing became disordered for a moment.

There is an extra force behind me.

Qi Yu grabbed her waist without knowing when.

She said again: "Zhang Qilin didn't give your wife any money to save the child."

As soon as he finished speaking, the man told the truth as they expected.

He slammed the table and stood up, his eyes instantly filled with emotion, full of helplessness at being teased.

"Impossible! He clearly promised me to save my son! If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have come this far! Impossible!"

The moment his emotions erupted, the prison guard stepped forward to control the man, and the brief meeting came to an abrupt end.

In the end, Xu Liang only heard a faint voice coming from the microphone: "I want to see my wife! I want to see my wife!"

…

After coming out of the prison, Qi Yu got directly into the car driven by Xu Ying.

He held out his hand without saying anything.

Xu Liang glanced at him calmly, took off the smart bracelet covering his sleeve and gave it to him.

The screen also shows that the recording is in progress.

Qi Yu connected his phone and uploaded the recording to the cloud.

"It seems to be confirmed now." Qi Yu said, his eyes stopped on Xu Liang who was not in a good mood.

But even after knowing that his grandparents' car accident was related to Zhang Qilin, Xu Liang still couldn't be happy, but felt even sadder.

"I want to find a lawyer."

Xu Liang lowered his head and cast his eyes downward, completely hiding his expression.

Qi Yu didn't say anything, but his hands seemed to be moving.

The next second, a business card appeared in front of Xu Liang from his phone.

"This is the legal team that Yian often works with. Lawyer Chen has connections, so we can contact him."

Xu Liang was slightly startled, his eyes slowly raised, his gaze fixed on the screen, his brain paused for a moment.

Unbelievable astonishment broke into her thoughts, and she finally turned her head.

The person in front of her came into her sight little by little and gradually took shape in her mind.

It was clearly her skin, but she seemed to be able to see Qi Yu's appearance clearly.

A surging and intense impact penetrated the nerves, spread throughout the body, and finally rushed to the heart, giving the softest organ a severe blow.

She felt that she must be dazzled, as she actually saw a circle of light golden light around Qi Yu.

It's not dazzling, but very soft and soothing to her.

Yes, she still remembered that he was that kind of person, prepared for everything and able to handle everything with ease.

She used to hate this the most.

At this moment, she felt that this was his best quality.

A soreness welled up in the corners of his eyes, but Xu Liang didn't notice that his expression had become fragile.

She only saw emotions rising in the eyes of the person in front of her that she could not understand.

Like sympathy, more like heartache.

She still maintained her posture, only to see the person in front of her getting closer and closer, with his arms tending to open.

Before Xu Liang could react to what he wanted to do, Qi Yu's movements suddenly stopped at the urgent ringing of the phone.

Xu Liang shuddered and instantly looked away.

I looked down and saw my phone ringing.

It was a note that she was not very familiar with: Lu Jiayi.

Xu Liang showed the note to Qi Yu and asked him if he wanted to take it.

"catch."

Lu Jiayi was Qi Yu’s roommate in college and one of the initiators of this class reunion.

The call was connected, and before Xu Ying could say anything, the person on the other end was already impatient: "Mr. Qi, are you busy today? Do you want to come to the club early? We've also arranged afternoon tea."

The space inside the car was relatively small, and the hands-free mode was on, so Qi Yu could naturally hear it.

Qi Yu looked at Xu Ying and gestured for her to answer.

Thinking Qi Yu was going, Xu Liang agreed directly: "Okay, send me the location, what time will you arrive?"

The person on the other end was obviously more excited: "No problem! How about meeting at two o'clock?"

Xu Liang replied, "Okay."

Thinking the call was about to end, Xu Liang was about to hang up when Lu Jiayi added, "Then we'll wait for you! Our beautiful Zhao is here too!"

Hearing this, Xu Liang's hand almost dropped.

He subconsciously glanced at Qi Yu's reaction, and the man looked over at him at the same time, with some confusion in his eyes.

Before Xu Liang could respond, the other end of the phone hung up.

The phone automatically exited the call page. Xu Liang was too lazy to turn it off and just threw it on the center console.

Then he said to the man coldly, "Get out of the car."

Of course Qi Yu refused to listen and didn't even understand why she suddenly became so angry.

"You don't want to go early?"

It was just an ordinary question, but Xu Liang heard it as a question.

The arrogance in his chest grew stronger, and his words became sarcastic: "How dare I? Mr. Qi wants to go so badly, I can't drag Mr. Qi's body with me."

"I was just letting you decide. If you want to go, go. If not, we can go tonight."

“…”

The hand covering the car keys tightened, and Xu Liang just wanted to urge him to get out of the car quickly.

Qi Yu simply locked the car door and refused to leave.

He moved sideways to grab Xu Liang's hand, took the car keys again, and then wrapped her hand in his palm to prevent her from escaping.

"What are you angry about?"

Xu Liang struggled non-stop, but he couldn't pull his hand back. Instead, his grip became tighter and tighter.

She continued to be stubborn: "How could I be angry?"

She resolutely refused to meet his gaze and leaned to the other side, her whole body filled with resistance to Qi Yu.

"You ignored me last night, ran so far away by yourself this morning, and now you are being sarcastic to me, and you still say you are not angry?" Qi Yu clamped her hand, with a hint of danger in his eyes.

This time, the person who was speechless was Xu Liang.

It's rare that I can't win an argument with Qi Yu.

A hint of shame mixed with his arrogance as he continued to pull his hand back.

The strength in his hands increased again.

"Tell me, how did I offend our President Xu again?"

The sudden softening of the tone, with a slightly rising ending, sounded a bit like coaxing a child.

Xu Liang felt an even greater sense of shame in his heart.

So cunning...

He's like this again...

"Let go..." The useless struggle continued, Xu Liang didn't want to answer him.

Qi Yu bent down and moved closer, as if looking at her.

Xu Liang wanted to dodge, but the man just avoided the attack.

He said that since she didn't want to talk, he wouldn't ask any further. He decided to go talk to the wife of the perpetrator and bring his wife to see him on the next visiting day. Maybe he could get more information.

Someone from Zhang Qilin's side was also trying to gather information, so they couldn't alert him for the time being to avoid any bad consequences.

Sure enough, back to business, Xu Liang always compromises quickly.

Qi Yu then let go of her hand, but was still unwilling to get out of the car, saying that he wanted to ride in the same car with her. He would directly ask a designated driver to drive the car he drove back.

…

The wife of the perpetrator did not expect that 'Qi Yu' would come back, and she did not expect that 'Xu Kyung' would also come.

The most surprising thing was that they actually persuaded her husband to meet her.

The woman burst into tears, and Xu Liang finally managed to comfort her. He also told her not to run around during this period, and that they would come to pick her up on the appointed time.

The woman was eager to see her husband, and even if she didn't know how they persuaded her husband, they were like benefactors to her at this moment, so she would naturally listen to everything they said.

Just like what Qi Yu had seen before, the woman was about to kneel down to express her gratitude, but was stopped by Xu Liang.

…

When I came out again, it was already noon.

Xu Liang was so sleepy that he couldn't drive anymore, so he sat in the passenger seat.

"You didn't stay up all night, did you?" Qi Yu had noticed the dark circles under her eyes a long time ago, but he had never exposed them.

The person who was exposed turned his head away and said unhappily, "No."

Then my stomach growled twice more.

All the momentum is gone.

“…”

Xu Liang once again put the blame on Qi Yu: "You are hungry, it has nothing to do with me."

Qi Yu actually accepted it and said that he would take her to dinner right away.

Xu Liang closed his eyes, and his words were a little hazy.

She was really too sleepy.

My body felt the car stop for a while, then start moving.

When he woke up again, Xu Liang found himself lying flat.

The scene in front of her slowly came into focus, and she realized she was still in the car.

The sun is still shining outside the window, and the aroma of food is faintly wafting through my nose.

She didn't know how long she slept, she just felt very hungry.

She moved her body with difficulty and slowly supported herself on the chair to stand up. The people beside her also moved.

Qi Yu noticed that she was awake, helped her up, and adjusted the seat back.

"woke up?"

Xu Liang had just woken up, his mind still a little confused, and he subconsciously asked, "What time is it?"

Qi Yu replied: "Four o'clock."

"Four o'clock?!" Xu Liang suddenly woke up.

Didn’t they promise Lu Jiayi to go to the club at 2 o’clock?

Qi Yu opened the double-skin milk he had bought and handed it to her, explaining that he had already sent a message to Lu Jiayi saying that it would arrive later.

"Why didn't you wake me up?" Xu Liang rubbed his temples and didn't rush to answer.

Qi Yu said that she was sleeping so soundly that he didn't wake her up. Considering that she was very hungry, he went to buy some sweet soup in advance.

The familiar feeling climbed up again.

Xu Liang looked back and forth between Qi Yu and Shuangpi Nai with a complicated expression.

It's like this again...

He thought of her in this way...

So cunning...

"You want me to feed you?" Seeing that Xu Liang didn't respond for a long time, Qi Yu suddenly teased her.

Xu Liang panicked for a moment and quickly took it, although his movements were a little flustered and the sweet juice of the double skin milk almost spilled.

She quickly finished the sugar water in her hand, and her stomach felt better the moment the food entered her stomach.

Qi Yu pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to her: "Do you want to go get something to eat? Song Ying will be off work soon after we finish eating, so let's go together."

Wiping the corners of his mouth that were covered in sugar, Xu Kyung asked in confusion, "Didn't you eat anything?"

Qi Yu didn't know what he was looking for on his phone, so he casually responded to her and said that he wanted to wait for her to wake up before talking together.

There was another moment of silence.

Xu Liang felt like his brain was about to rust, and his thinking speed was becoming slower and slower.

It shouldn't be like this.

It shouldn't be like this between them.

Qi Yu should have completely ignored her. He should have woken her up on time so as not to delay his time to see his sweetheart.

Sweetheart...

Xu Liang was stunned, remembering that Qi Yu had used his phone to send a message to Lu Jiayi.

Did he also see the news about Zhao Jingshu?

A trace of guilty tension crept into his heart, and Xu Liang wondered whether he should explain to him.

Suddenly, Qi Yu held his phone out to her again, and on the screen was a rice noodle restaurant that Xu Ying was very familiar with.

"There's this rice noodle shop nearby. It's been a while since you've been there. You don't have to worry about not having anything to eat at night."

This rice noodle shop was what they often ate when they were in college.

It’s not far from the school, and the four of them would make an appointment to go there together when they got tired of eating in the cafeteria.

So he was searching his phone for this?

Xu Kyung is so annoying to him.

It would be fine if he changed his personality once or twice, but he had to do it so many times.

She has to realize it again and again.

She had to be unable to withstand his behavior.

She had to admit completely that she really liked him.

He is so hateful and cunning.

Xu Liang didn't say anything. Qi Yu had already conceded that her emotions had not fully recovered, so he turned around and fastened her seat belt.

Ten minutes later, Xu Liang was still sitting at his seat in the restaurant, still in shock.

Qi Yu knew what she wanted to eat without even asking.

Looking at the piping hot rice noodles in front of him, with the familiar aroma filling his nostrils, Xu Kyung didn't rush to pick up his chopsticks.

Suddenly, a lot of words in my stomach were lifted up little by little by my emotions and were about to burst out of my throat.

Filled with an unstoppable soreness inside, Xu Liang suddenly called him: "Qi Yu..."

The person opposite was stirring the rice noodles in the bowl with chopsticks, but stopped because of her voice.

He looked straight at her: "Do you have anything to say?"