Chapter 134 Suspect
◎Cooperate with Wei Lan to write a novel? Hehe◎
Members of the Provincial Writers Association came to the restaurant one after another.
Everyone ate and chatted, and the topic was basically the death of Azure.
Some feel pity, some feel happy or sad, some feel sad, and some...are curious and keep asking for gossip.
When a middle-aged man in a navy blue suit came over, most of the seated members of the Writers Association stood up and greeted him enthusiastically: "President Yuan."
Yuan Kan, president of the Provincial Writers Association, is a professor and a well-known writer. His articles tend to be realistic and critical. Many of his novellas have been selected for collections of novels by contemporary writers. He has won numerous literary awards. He teaches in the Chinese Department of a university in Kyoto. He is a decent, gentle and polite person with the demeanor of a gentleman.
Yuan Kan smiled and nodded, responding to everyone's enthusiasm. There were deep dark shadows on his eyelids, and his eyelids were a little swollen, obviously he had not slept last night.
Surrounded by several people, Yuan Kan casually took a small bowl of soup noodles. A handsome young man beside him brought him hot coffee, added a bag of creamer and two sugar cubes, and said respectfully, "Teacher, please."
Judging from his accent, the young man is from Kyoto.
Someone nearby complimented him with a smile: "The president is a good educator. All the graduate students he supervises are so respectful to their teachers."
The young man stood aside with his hands hanging down, his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart, as if he did not hear the praise from others.
Yuan Kan tilted his head slightly, said thank you, and said to the student: "Yu Yi, go and eat something quickly."
The student then walked aside, took the food, sat at a table alone, and started eating.
The student named "Yu Yi" sat at ten o'clock to the left of Zhao Xiangwan's table, and Zhao Xiangwan could see his facial expression clearly.
When he ate, he seemed to be angry and gnashing his teeth. Even if he was just eating a piece of bacon, he would use his knife and fork to viciously poke it into several pieces before putting it into his mouth. When he ate steamed buns, he would tear them with his teeth, as if he had a grudge against the food.
Even from a great distance away, Zhao Xiangwan could hear his undisguised inner thoughts.
【Shameless, shameless! 】
【Good death, good death.】
[I just regret that it wasn't my own doing! ]
Two angry voices came from behind.
One is from Lao Chong, who always seems to be cynical.
【A fake gentleman.】
[I don’t dare to bring a female graduate student this year. I’m afraid of being criticized? 】
[He is so flattering to Wei Lan, who knows if he is having an affair? ]
One is a nerd who spreads jam on toast. On the surface, he is asking Lao Chong about the details of Wei Lan's life. He seems to know nothing about Wei Lan, but in fact he is Wei Lan's underground lover.
[It seems that no one knows about Qingfen and I. ]
[Alas! I thought I was going to meet a beautiful lady under the moonlight, but I didn't expect it to turn into a fierce and evil spirit meeting an evil ghost. ]
[Qingfen and I spent the whole night together the night before, and we had already discussed how to negotiate the divorce terms with Yu, but today...]
Zhao Xiangwan listened attentively and paid attention to these people's reactions. He made three basic judgments about Wei Lan's death.
First, although Wei Lan is a well-known writer and has a high status in the Writers Association, and President Yuan even set the annual meeting in Luo County for her, she actually does not have a good relationship with people.
Lao Chong, who excitedly said that it was a pity for Wei Lan to die, and that it was a good opportunity for her current husband, was very disdainful of her in his heart, secretly cursing that she deserved to die;
Yuan Kan's student Yu Yi is filled with hatred towards Wei Lan and wants to kill her with his own hands. He doesn't know what Wei Lan has done to offend him.
Second, Wei Lan’s private life is rather chaotic and her sense of morality is not strong.
The fat man Chai Dingshan, who missed the meeting with Wei Lan because of the late train, should be Wei Lan's first love. This meeting is to reminisce about the old days.
Shudai is Weilan's secret lover. Originally, the two of them had agreed to meet secretly during the annual meeting, but after just one night together, Weilan was murdered. This made Shudai very panicked, fearing that the police would discover his improper relationship with Weilan.
Combined with what Lao Chong said, Wei Lan was Yu Huimin's mistress for six years. She first took advantage of the situation to become famous, and then forced him to the throne. She would rather not have children and still move forward courageously. It can be seen that Wei Lan is a woman with a very clear purpose, who can throw away the right and wrong of good and evil for fame and fortune.
Third, Wei Lan now has the idea of breaking up with Yu Huimin.
Huang Liang, the editor of the "Ridiculous" magazine, once said that it was Wei Lan who invited him to the Furong Hotel in Luo County, saying that she wanted to discuss a long-term cooperation plan with the magazine and the publishing house behind it. This meant that Wei Lan wanted to break away from the Lanyu Publishing House opened by her husband and go solo.
What happened to a utilitarian woman like Wei Lan that made her decide to divorce Yu Huimin and break up the partnership?
Having a crush on a nerd? Zhao Xiangwan didn't think that the nerd, who was delicate and delicate, could give Wei Lan such confidence. Having written love novels for so many years, Wei Lan couldn't possibly be a love-minded person.
There was a rift between her and Yu Huimin, Yu Huimin had someone else outside, or something happened that made Weilan feel that the marriage was not stable, so she planned to break up quietly? This is possible.
Or, it is also possible that Wei Lan has a bigger backer and wants to dump Yu Huimin and start anew.
In short, Wei Lan’s death brought all the contradictions together, and with so many clues put together, it must have been a headache for the Luo County police.
Zhao Xiangwan's hands are a little itchy.
How could such an interesting case happen in Luo County?
In all the cases that Zhao Xiangwan had handled before, there had never been so many suspects at the same time.
——Zhou Haoman, a loyal male reader who waited in the stairwell to get Wei Lan’s autograph;
——Huang Liang, the publishing house editor, missed the meeting with Wei Lan because of the train delay;
——Chai Dingshan, the first love who wanted to date Wei Lan after he became rich;
——A bookworm who is a secret lover in the same writers' association;
——Yu Huimin, her husband who disregarded moral principles and abandoned his wife and children for her;
Oh, and there’s also a young graduate student named Yu Yi who appears to be polite but is actually filled with anger.
Just by randomly sorting through the list, there are six possible suspects.
Thinking about this, Zhao Xiangwan decided to pay more attention to the case.
Even if I can't go into battle in person, I should at least keep in touch with Li Mingyang and learn about the progress at any time.
I have some important business to attend to today.
After dinner, Zhao Dacui, Fan Qiuhan, Zhao Bowen and Zhao Zhongwu came to the hotel and took Zhao Xiangwan and the Ji family to Zhaojiagou.
This time, Ji Jinmao brought three cars and three drivers. One of the cars was a business car that could accommodate six people. The group drove to Zhaojiagou in a mighty manner.
Qian Shufen and Zhao Erfu received the news and waited pitifully under the eaves, craning their necks to look towards the village entrance.
Ever since Zhao Xiangwan went to college in 1991 and came back from winter vacation to reveal the truth, Qian Shufen felt that life was becoming increasingly difficult.
Whenever the villagers saw her, they would say sarcastically, "You sent your own daughter to the city to enjoy a good life without any conscience, and you refused to treat other people's children well. What's the result? Xiangwan is smart, hardworking, and kind-hearted. She joined the Public Security Bureau as a police officer right after graduating from college. She is very good at her job and has earned enough money to buy a house. How is your Chenyang now? Is she wearing gold and silver, bringing back big bags every year to show her filial piety and thank you for letting her live a good life?"
Qian Shufen felt ashamed whenever she thought of Zhao Chenyang.
This fourth sister has no conscience. When they left, she used sweet words to coax them into doing evil things, but she just patted their butts and didn't care about anything. She has never come back once.
Seeing other families with daughters in the village often visit their parents' home even after they got married, and they are even more active in returning on the second day of the Lunar New Year, bringing back large and small bags, buying clothes and health products for their parents, and helping to entertain guests, Qian Shufen was extremely envious.
The director of the village committee had said long ago that Zhao Xiangwan did not have to bear any support obligations, and instead Qian Shufen would have to build a blue-tiled house for her.
The house was built, but unfortunately Zhao Xiangwan never returned home to live there for a single day.
It's a nice room, but it's locked every day.
With the villagers watching her, Qian Shufen didn't dare to open the door and live there by herself.
It was a cold day. Zhao Erfu wore a thick cotton jacket and squatted beside a brick pillar, smoking a pipe. He looked sad and uncomfortable. Yesterday was the Little New Year. His two sons came back with their families and had lunch. They left in a hurry before they could say a few words, saying that the third sister's future parents-in-law wanted to discuss marriage with them in the evening.
My daughter is getting married, but her in-laws refuse to meet her.
The elder of the woman's side who discussed the marriage was Zhao Dacui.
It was as if a loud slap was given to him in the face. Zhao Erfu's old face was completely lost.
As the days passed, Zhao Erfu felt old and weak, and his expectations for his children grew stronger. Sometimes when he lay in bed, he wondered if he had not swapped Xiangwan and Chenyang, and lived a life of honesty and freedom, would everything have been fine?
Chenyang is her own biological daughter, so it doesn’t matter if she fails to get into college. She can just go out to work and earn money like other girls in the village, then go on blind dates and get married, and come back to stay for a few days during the New Year and other holidays.
Xiang Wan is a girl with a conscience. Even if she gets married, she will be grateful for their upbringing and will never forget Zhaojiagou. If she does well in her life, won't she come to visit them during the New Year?
It’s great that both daughters are filial.
Why did you get so blinded by greed that you had to swap these two children?
Even if they were a little nicer to Xiang Wan after the change, and stopped her husband from beating her and burning her books, and showed her a little more care, Xiang Wan would not hate them so much and cut off all ties with them.
In his frustration, Zhao Erfu puffed on his dry cigarette. The tobacco leaves were very pungent. Qian Shufen had been used to the smell of it for half her life, but today she was particularly irritated for some reason. She snatched his cigarette stick and cursed, "Smoke! All you do all day long is smoke! I'll smoke you to death!"
趙二福被她壓制了一輩子，也沒敢反抗，只是嘟囔道：“大過年的……”過了小年就是年咧，死呀活呀地，多不吉利。
一輛黑色的小汽車出現在鄉村土路上。
錢淑芬頓時興奮起來，将手中煙杆丢回給趙二福，快步走出屋檐，眼睛裏滿滿都是期望。村裏現在重新修了路，汽車已經能夠開進每家地坪前，看這小車的方向，是直奔自家而來。
她心裏美滋滋地想，向晚這孩子心腸軟啊，五年過去，終于忘記了以前爸媽的不好，肯在結婚前過來看一眼。還好，還好，不枉她一大早起來把那間青瓦房打掃幹淨。
時代進步了，趙家溝現在與縣城也通了公路，一到過年期間，時不時就會有出租車、小貨車、摩托車開回來，這輛黑色小汽車并沒有像五年前那樣引起轟動。
不過，因為趙向晚今天要回來，村委趙長興，還有當年被趙向晚解救的趙清瑤全家老小，早早就守在村口等待，看到這輛小汽車，都駐足圍觀。
汽車停在趙二福家的地坪前，車門打開，下來的人卻讓錢淑芬眼裏的光芒瞬間黯淡下來。
不是趙向晚，是趙晨陽。
趙長興等人一看，不是趙向晚，也沒了興致。
趙晨陽一只手拎着幾袋禮品，并沒有和其他村民打招呼，像個沒事人一樣，沖着母親一笑：“媽，我回來了。”
錢淑芬沒好氣地回了一句：“你怎麽來了？”五年了，你個沒良心的還知道回來？你老娘為了你，被村裏人罵得狗血淋頭，你倒好，沒事兒人一樣。你在城裏吃香的喝辣的，完全忘記你親爸媽還在鄉下受苦吧？
趙晨陽知道錢淑芬肯定內心有埋怨，不過她非常了解自己親媽，最現實、貪財的一個人，再生氣，只要給她錢，立馬就能買到笑臉。
想到這裏，趙晨陽将手中幾袋禮品往錢淑芬手裏一塞，笑嘻嘻地說：“媽，看看，我給你帶了什麽來。這可是好東西哦，都是你未來女婿買來孝敬你的。”
錢淑芬将禮品袋提高了一些，看清楚上面的包裝。
除了海參、燕窩等高級補品，還有一個小袋子一看就是金飾。
錢淑芬的腦子裏頓時閃過一大堆錢，整個人興奮起來，笑容也真心實意了許多。人一高興，反應速度也快了許多：“你談朋友了？”
汽車停好，從駕駛室走下來一個身穿黑色皮衣的小夥子，高個子，陽光帥氣，容貌與季昭有幾分相似，竟然是洛一輝。
洛一輝從小養尊處優，從來沒有到農村生活過，第一次跟着趙晨陽來到鄉下，看到這灰撲撲的土路、低矮的平房、一大片一大片空曠的農田，眼眸微暗，心裏很不是滋味。
不過他擅長掩飾，既然打定主意要與趙晨陽交往，誠心要膈應一下把他“棄之于敝屣”的季家父母，那就必須和趙晨陽的親生父母搞好關系。
洛一輝走到錢淑芬面前，微笑颔首：“錢伯母，您好，我是洛一輝。”
錢淑芬上下打量着他的穿着打扮，越看越覺得他有錢，再一次興奮起來。
這個小夥子好！人長得帥不說，穿着打扮、舉止氣度一看就是城裏有錢人。唉喲，我這親生的女兒有眼光，一抓就抓了個金龜婿。再想想趙向晚找的那個季昭，雖然家裏有錢，雖然會畫畫，可惜不會說話，哪有眼前這個好？
錢淑芬搓了搓手，努力讓笑容和藹可親：“歡迎歡迎，小洛是貴客，外面冷，進家坐坐。”
站在一旁的趙長興對趙晨陽印象很不好，看到她帶男友回來，只是搖了搖頭，示意圍觀的鄉親們散了。
雖然經歷過拐賣、綁架、囚禁，差點去掉半條命，趙清瑤依然是那個辣妹子。她從小就與趙晨陽不對付，在一旁看着，嗤笑一聲：“啧啧啧，四妹子你不是嫌我們趙家溝太窮，不願意回來的嗎？今天怎麽良心發現，知道帶對象回來看看你的親生爸媽？”
趙晨陽瞟了她一眼，冷哼道：“瑤妹子，你吃了那麽大的虧，怎麽也沒把脾氣磨好一點？說話這麽難聽。”早知道，當初就不該告訴趙向晚實情，這樣讨厭的人，救她做什麽。
趙清瑤正要反唇相譏，忽然村口傳來大家興奮的叫聲。
“來了來了，向晚回來了！”
“開了三臺車，那車一看就高級，好大的氣派。”
“三妹子現在出息了，還這麽有良心，說是要來我家裏坐坐，感謝當年我資助了她十塊錢讀書。嗐，當初只是看她可憐，又有梅老師、長興說她這麽聰明不讀書可惜，所以才給了她十塊錢，也沒指望她能記得。沒想到啊，她不僅記得，還說要帶着她結婚對象回老家來探望我這個老頭子咧。”
一時之間，所有人都往村口迎去，把趙晨陽和洛一輝完全抛開來。
錢淑芬有些尴尬地笑了笑，招呼洛一輝：“小洛，進家坐坐吧？”
洛一輝忽然很想看看季昭知道兩人即将成為連襟時，表情會不會有所變化，于是微笑道：“是晨陽的姐姐回來了？我們一起去迎一迎吧。”趕得早不如趕得巧，原本只是陪趙晨陽回一趟羅縣，沒想到會有這樣的驚喜。
趙晨陽扯了扯洛一輝衣角，壓低聲音：“我和向晚關系不好，你別熱臉貼她冷屁股。”
洛一輝皺了皺眉，暗自嫌棄趙晨陽說話粗鄙，不過他馬上調整好情緒，摟了摟趙晨陽的肩膀，柔聲道：“人心都是肉長的，你們是從小一起長大的姐妹，雖然因為身份互換造成了一定的誤會，但只要我們誠心道歉，真心交往，消除了誤會不還是一家人嗎？”
趙晨陽翻了個白眼，心想你那是根本不了解趙向晚。
洛一輝繼續說：“你姐要嫁的人，是我表弟，你說巧不巧？這回我姑姑、姑父都過來了，我也得去和他們打個招呼嘛。”
趙晨陽與洛一輝交往了半年時間，已經到了談婚論嫁的地步，趙青雲、魏美華覺得洛一輝熱情、能幹、家境優越，又與季家人有親戚關系，內心很是滿意，計劃過完年之後籌備婚禮。
自從趙向晚找趙晨陽打聽過京都對外經貿大學雨夜殺人案的內幕之後，趙晨陽忽然意識到自己重生的價值，開始琢磨着怎麽利用這點先知賺錢。
洛一輝是多麽聰明精明的一個人，很快就發現了趙晨陽的秘密，把她套了個底朝天。在趙晨陽的“指導”之下，他從四季大酒店出來，貸款在珠市開了一家金碧輝煌夜總會。
九十年代對聲色場所的控制還不像現在這麽嚴格，夜總會的晚場表演集歌舞、雜技、相聲于一體，趙晨陽随便出幾個點子就能讓表演有聲有色，門票、酒水、小菜、鮮花、點歌、小費……各種各樣的收費形式，賺錢賺到手軟。
而現在，洛一輝想要與趙向晚、季昭交好。
現在整個湘省公安系統，誰不知道讀心神探、神筆畫師的名號？
夜總會嘛，如果想要賺錢，黃、毒二字多多少少都會沾一點，如果讓人知道金碧輝煌夜總會的背後有趙向晚、季昭的影子，那相當于多了一個強硬的支持背景，珠市警方就不會随意檢查。
想到這裏，洛一輝暗自沉思。
明明他只與趙向晚打過兩次照面，不知道為什麽趙向晚對他的敵意那麽明顯。
不僅是趙向晚有敵意，自從季昭在四季大酒店差點出事之後，季錦茂也全面“冷藏”了他。将他打發到珠市當了個被架空、無權無勢的人事經理，每個月領點死工資，以前對他照顧得周周到到，還送他去國外念書，說要把他培養成季昭的左右手，可是趙向晚一出現，一切都變了樣。
洛一輝琢磨再琢磨，也想不通到底自己是在哪裏出了纰漏。最後得出的結論是：季昭有了趙向晚這朵解語花，他的存在便沒有了意義，所以季錦茂這個現實勢利的男人，終于露出了真面目，将他當一個棋子一般地抛棄。
和他的父母一樣，就丢就丢，狠心。
根本就沒有良心。
不過有一點好，到底還是親戚，大家都沒有撕破臉，洛一輝依然會在過年過節的時候上季家別墅拜訪，笑眯眯地感謝着姑姑、姑父的養育之恩，順便也問一問季昭的近況，表達一下他的關心與愛護。
洛一輝并沒有按照錢淑芬的要求進老屋坐，而是站在地坪間等待着。
終于，趙向晚等人在鄉親們的簇擁之下緩步而來。
趙清瑤表現得最為積極，扯開嗓門喊：“三妹子，是我，我是清瑤。先到我家喝茶，我給你們炖了雞湯。”
趙家溝這邊的習俗，新娘子、新姑爺上門，最高接待禮儀就是進屋一碗濃濃的土雞湯，裏面還得放兩個和湯一起炖得香噴噴的剝皮雞蛋。
Seeing Zhao Qingyao in such high spirits, Zhao Xiangwan's eyes flashed with relief, and he said with a smile: "Sister Yao, I heard that you are married?"
Zhao Changxing said, "Yes, Sister Yao got married last year. She heard that you were coming back today, so she rushed over from her husband's house yesterday. Sister Yao always remembered that you saved her, and she made several pairs of shoes for you."
Zhao Qingyao said a little embarrassedly: "Third sister, please don't blame me for my poor craftsmanship."
Zhao Xiangwan said, "Uncle Changxing and I will go to Grandpa Hai's house first, and then we will go to your house."
Zhao Qingyao was delighted when she heard what Zhao Xiangwan said. She turned around and ran while shouting, "You must come. I'll make soup and tea and wait for you to come for dinner!"
The villagers were extremely warm and welcoming, which was in stark contrast to their attitude towards Zhao Chenyang just now. Luo Yihui glanced at Zhao Chenyang and muttered in his heart: Why are you so unpopular?
Luo Yihui pushed aside the crowd, took Zhao Chenyang's hand and walked straight to Ji Jinmao and Luo Danfeng, and respectfully called out, "Aunt, Uncle."
After calling Zhou Fangxi again, Luo Yihui turned his gaze to Ji Zhao and Zhao Xiangwan.
Zhao Chenyang followed him and called out reluctantly, "Sister."
Zhao Xiangwan saw Luo Yihui and Zhao Chenyang holding hands, his eyes narrowed slightly, how did these two people get together?
Luo Danfeng didn't expect to see Luo Yihui here. He nodded and asked, "Why are you here?" He didn't seem to have notified him, so why did he come to Zhaojiagou?
Luo Yihui explained: "Aunt, I accompanied Chen Yang back to her parents' home today. I didn't expect that I would run into you by chance."
Ji Jinmao knew Zhao Xiangwan's family affairs best. He glanced at Zhao Chenyang beside Luo Danfeng and said expressionlessly, "It turns out that Yihui has a partner. That's good. We have things to do. Let's contact each other later."
After saying that, Ji Jinmao led his people and carried the gifts to the home of Uncle Hai, the oldest person in Zhaojiagou.
Luo Yihui said, "Uncle, I'll go with you."
Ji Jinmao rejected him without hesitation: "No, you are Zhao Chenyang's girlfriend, go back to her house and sit and have tea. Our Xiangwan and Chenyang have a bad relationship and never interact with each other. Since you have such a good relationship with Chenyang, don't interact with her anymore in the future."
Ever since he knew that Luo Yihui had ill intentions towards Ji Zhao, Ji Jinmao actually wanted to break off his relationship with Luo Yihui.
But firstly, Luo Yihui is Luo Danfeng's nephew, and he was raised in his family, so Luo Danfeng has feelings for him. Secondly, Luo Yihui did not do anything to hurt Ji Zhao, and everything was just Zhao Xiangwan's judgment. Therefore, Luo Yihui went home during the New Year and other holidays, and Ji Jinmao could only pretend to be accommodating.
Now, I have a ready-made excuse. What a perfect excuse.
Luo Yihui never expected this result.
He thought that by dating Zhao Chenyang, he could be deeply bound to Zhao Xiangwan, but he didn't expect... his uncle's attitude was so clear. Luo Yihui could no longer conceal his hatred. In his opinion, Ji Jinmao had used him up and would throw him away like a rag when he saw that Ji Zhao was well again.
Zhao Chenyang saw Luo Yihui standing there in a daze, and couldn't help but feel distressed. He held his hand tightly and comforted him, "If you don't want to interact, then don't interact. Who cares? Let's go home and have tea. My mother's sweet wine and eggs are delicious."
Luo Yihui took a deep breath and tried to force a smile: "Okay, let's go back to your house."
Zhao Xiangwan walked past Luo Yihui and said calmly, "Don't get too close to me, otherwise... you will bear the consequences."
Luo Yihui felt her words were a threat and immediately activated his inner defense mechanism: "What do you mean? I am Ji Zhao's cousin. If you marry Ji Zhao, you have to call me cousin when you see me, right? I just came over to say hello, why are you so hostile?"
Zhao Xiangwan lowered his voice and said contemptuously: "Get lost!"
It is really annoying to see this poisonous snake always in front of my eyes. It is better to lure the snake out of its hole and let it show its true form.
Luo Yihui's pretended enthusiasm and sunshine were suddenly shattered by the word "get out".
[Who do you think you are? How dare you tell me to get out! ]
[I will crush you to death like I would crush a stink bug.]
[If not... I would have just killed all of you! ]
Zhao Xiangwan finally heard Luo Yihui's true feelings. He was not frightened by his vicious curse, but found it very interesting. The closed heart of this scheming psychology "expert" was opened!
Although some words are unclear, the general meaning is clear.
As expected, Luo Yihui was not a good person, and was full of malice towards himself, Ji Zhao, and everyone in the Ji family.
The villagers were partial to some and unfair to others, his aunt and two brothers treated him as if he didn't matter, and Zhao Xiangwan's cold and decisive "get out" hurt Zhao Chenyang's heart deeply.
[After living a new life, Zhao Xiangwan is still so powerful. How hateful. 】
[Don't think you are so great because you are a police officer, and you are so honored to marry into the Ji family. Aren't you just a poor police officer? ]
[Wait, wait for me and Wei Lan to meet. I have the hottest novels and movies in my mind in ten years. Wei Lan has writing skills, connections, and money. When I work with her, we will write a novel that will take the country by storm. In the future, it will be adapted into a movie or TV series, and soon we will be able to crush you all!]
Collaborating with Wei Lan to write a novel? Haha.