original sin
In the end, Jiang Li got into Chen An's car. Ten minutes ago, Xie Hongfei called and said that Qu Mengting had been found and was now at her home.
Jiang Li sat in the passenger seat, fastened his seatbelt, his eyes shining, and said, "Let's go!"
Chen An laughed. This kid was too excited, as if he was going on a trip.
The road to Qu Mengting's house was long. Seeing that the college entrance examination was approaching, Chen An couldn't help but ask again, "Are you sure everything is okay? You are a college entrance examination candidate."
Jiang Lifeng said calmly, "What are you afraid of? It's not like I haven't passed the exam yet."
I almost forgot that this guy took the exam last year, and he was admitted to Huaqing University. I have to say that the gap between people is still very large. Thinking back to when Chen An took the college entrance examination, although it was not very difficult, he still studied hard day and night to be admitted to the Public University.
Thinking of this, Chen An wanted to ask why he had to repeat the year since he did so well in the exam last year.
Chen An said, "Why are you repeating a grade? Isn't Huaqing good enough?"
Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, "Huaqing is good, but I want to apply to Gongda University."
"You want to apply to a public university?"
Judging from Jiang Li’s previous attitude, he didn’t seem to have a good impression of the police. Why would he want to apply to a public university?
"Hmm~" Jiang Liwei raised his chin, looking proud and arrogant, "No?"
"OK."
Perhaps Jiang Li's tone was too arrogant, and the atmosphere in the car suddenly became much more relaxed. Chen An asked him casually, "Which police station do you want to apply for?"
Jiang Li thought for a while and said, "I don't want to leave here. This is where I grew up. If it's close by, I'll apply to Nancheng Public University."
When Chen An heard the tone of him picking cabbages and complaining that they were too expensive, someone who didn't know would have thought that Nancheng Gong was a poor business.
Nancheng Public Security University is one of the best police academies in China and the only 985 university in Jianan Province. It is located in the provincial capital, Qu'an City. The admission score is very high, but with Jiang Li's grades, he should be able to get in.
Chen An joked, "Keep going, maybe I can be your master when you come out."
Jiang Li was not happy about it, "You're taking advantage of me!"
"By the way, which school did you come from?"
"Me?" Chen An stepped on the brakes and waited for the red light. "Social University."
Jiang Li snorted disdainfully, "If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me." He turned his head and looked out the window.
His words evoked memories of Chen An when he was eighteen or nineteen years old. He didn't feel much when the admission letter arrived. He didn't go to a famous school, but in that second-tier university with not-so-good conditions, he met a person he would never forget, his teacher - Qiao Qingfeng.
The light turned green, and Chen An continued driving, saying casually, "It's not a prestigious university."
Jiang Li turned around and said, "I thought you were a top student."
Chen An smiled and asked, "How do you know?"
Jiang Li said, "Because you look like a top student."
He looks like a top student, this description is quite interesting.
Although Chen An's grades were average when he was in school, he had many admirers, especially young girls. The main reason was that he was good-looking and looked refined and elegant. He was a man of few words, and sometimes even standing outside quietly as punishment was a sight to behold, causing the second-floor corridor to be filled with people looking at him.
Chen An said: "You guessed wrong, the face is seriously inconsistent with the actual face."
Another slam on the brakes, and they were there.
Qu Mengting lives in a high-end residential complex. Now there are two police officers standing at the gate of the complex, and they must have come to pick him up.
Xiao Liu came down from above and saw him as if he had found a savior. "Captain Chen."
Chen An asked, "Where is Team Leader Xie?"
"The team leader was called away by the leader and can't come for a while."
Chen An nodded, and the three of them went upstairs together.
Xiao Liu said: "Qu's mother is very emotional, and Qu Mengting herself is not in a good state. The two just had an argument. Now Xu Jie is in the upper position to stabilize the situation."
After he finished speaking, he realized that there was a young man following Chen An. Jiang Li leaned out from behind Chen An and greeted him, "Hello."
Xiao Liu returned a polite smile.
Chen An didn't know how to explain it, so he simply didn't explain.
Qu Mengting's home is on the top floor. The structure is quite unique. There is a staircase leading directly to the rooftop as soon as you walk out the door.
The resident next door opened the door and stuck his head out, just in time to see Chen An and the others. He said casually, "Oh, you're scolding the kids again."
Xiao Liu asked, "Is this often the case in Big Sister's family?"
The eldest sister said, "Yes, it happens every few days. It's okay when her parents are on a business trip, but when they are at home, the noise is so loud that everyone upstairs and downstairs knows about it, and they even smash things in the middle of the night." After saying that, she closed the door silently.
As soon as she entered the room, Xu Jie looked at Chen An for help. Qu's mother was in Qu Mengting's room at the moment, and the two of them were fighting for the acrylic stand in their hands.
When he reached the door, it fell at Jiang Li's feet. He took a step back and picked up the stand, but unfortunately it was already cracked.
Qu's mother had almost smashed all of her things, cursing as she did so, "You're getting more and more disobedient as you get older! You're getting more and more disobedient as you get older! What are you doing this time? Playing disappearance? Do you know how worried your father and I are? Have you ever considered us? You do whatever you want! How can you be so heartless! Even a dog is less of a worry than you. I spent so much money on it, and at least it would wag its tail at me!"
Qu Mengting was already crying, sobbing and yelling, "Why did you smash my things! Do you really care about me? Every time I do something or say something, you always blame me. You say you're doing this for my own good, but I don't want to learn piano! I don't want to go to endless cram schools! Is it wrong for me to be a fan? Why do you always belittle me?"
"I belittled you? Everything you eat, drink, wear, and use was given by me. Everything I use is my money! What's wrong with me saying a few words to you?" She picked up the transparent box and slammed it to the ground, cursing, "And this, this garbage! You used my money to buy this garbage and now you say I treated you badly?"
"This isn't your money. I earned it by working!" Qu Mengting cried, gasping for breath. "I bought this with my own money!"
"Earn money by yourself? What kind of money can you earn by yourself! Can you grow up without eating? Can you grow up without my spending money? I really underestimated you!" Qu's mother pointed her finger at her forehead. She was like a boneless rag doll, unable to resist.
Chen An was about to stop Qu's mother, but the next second Qu Mengting pushed them aside and rushed out the door. Jiang Li reacted quickly and followed her, shouting, "She's going to the rooftop!"
In an instant, several people rushed to the rooftop. When Jiang Li went up, she was standing on the edge of the rooftop. Qu Mengting turned around and looked at them, "Don't come over!"
Jiang Li braked suddenly, "Okay, I won't go through."
She pointed at the others, "And you! Don't come over here!"
Qu's mother was furious and anxious, "Get down here! Qu Mengting, how dare you..."
Jiang Li gave her a look and said in a deep voice, "If you don't want her to die, shut up!"
When he turned to look at Qu Mengting, he looked at her in a counseling manner again, "Your name is Qu Mengting, right? If you have anything to say, please come down and talk to me."
He tried to coax her down, imitating the police officers on the news.
Qu Mengting burst into tears and said, "No, I don't want to live like this anymore. It's too suffocating here. I can't survive."
"Sure." Jiang Li tried hard to attract her attention. "You'll be a senior in high school soon. After the college entrance exam, you can choose a distant university and stay away from them."
Qu Mengting said: "No, they have controlled me for so many years and will never let me go to school outside the province! I can't escape! No one can escape..."
"Who said that!" She took a step back, and Jiang Li interrupted her anxiously, "Look at me!"
Qu Mengting did stop, looked at him and smiled bitterly, "Everyone in the school knows how outstanding you are. You don't need to persuade me anymore..."
"No!" Jiang Li said, "Everything is not what you see on the surface. I am not such a good person. I also have a bad family."
Qu Mengting was genuinely attracted to him, waiting for his next words. He lowered his head slightly, his mind a mess. He wanted to find some facts to enlighten the girl, to pull out the description on his resume and tell her that we were the same. But the words he had memorized so well, in this critical moment, he couldn't recall a single word.
"You lied to me!" She was furious as if she had been deceived.
Jiang Li said: "No! I didn't lie to you."
Beads of sweat oozed from his forehead as he spoke hurriedly, "I found out I was adopted when I was less than seven years old. I lived with my adoptive parents for a few years. They treated me very well, but an accident took their lives."
"On the eve of my seventh birthday, my biological father took me away. He treated me very badly. He made me learn all kinds of skills and wanted me to excel. If I couldn't do that, he would beat me. Good grades weren't as glamorous as you think. In his eyes, it wasn't an advantage at all. I was still compared to others, but I couldn't win every comparison. If I made him lose face, he would still beat me, sometimes with a whip, sometimes with an iron rod, and..."
There are also burning charcoal and cold sharp knives.
He suddenly raised his head. "But all this is in the past. Now that he's dead, after the college entrance exam, I can go anywhere freely and do what I want. You can do the same! Then you can chase celebrities, go to school in another city, and get the freedom you want without even saying goodbye! Seriously, believe me!"
His speech was so passionate that a little hope rose in Qu Mengting's heart. She looked at her mother and said almost pleadingly, "Mom, can I really chase my idol and go to school in another city?"
Mother Qu's expression changed, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly. Everyone thought she had wavered, but what she said was a fatal blow to Qu Mengting, "No, you can't leave..." Before she could continue, Jiang Li's eyes cut through her like a knife.
Qu Mengting completely broke down, laughing and crying.
At the critical moment, Chen An actually jumped down with her and disappeared on the rooftop. Jiang Li's pupils shrank, "Chen An!"
The guardrail on the rooftop was very old. Chen An held the railing with his right hand and Qu Mengting's wrist with his left hand. The two of them were almost hanging in the air.
Qu Mengting glanced back. The sixteenth floor was unusually high, and the wind was howling from below. She was so frightened that she clutched his hand tightly and said, "I don't want to die anymore, I don't want to die anymore!"
Chen An's forehead and arms were covered with bulging veins. There was a section of wall at the railing. He had just climbed over the railing and his right wrist was already bruised and bleeding. He couldn't go on like this.
Fortunately, Jiang Li rushed over as quickly as possible and grabbed his arm, and the others also arrived in time. Chen An let Qu Mengting step on him to climb up, and he would not be so tired once she climbed up.
Jiang Li held him tightly with both hands throughout the whole process, and did not let go even when half of his body was outside.
When he came up, Jiang Li still looked frightened.
Chen An was exhausted and sat on the ground, looking at the dazed boy in front of him. He bent his knuckles with his uninjured hand and gently touched his cheek, saying, "It's okay."
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