The End of the Night (6)

In the evening, Meng Siqi returned to her home in Jiangyang Community and prepared some noodles for a quick meal.

She remembered one thing clearly. In the previous world, although Gao Han was not dead, Meng Tingzhe said something to her. She remembered his original words were -

"Those who want to tell my secrets will not have a good ending, Gao Han. I really want to kill him, and I want to bury him in our yard and let him grow flowers."

No matter which world it is, she feels that Meng Tingzhe's original idea must remain unchanged. If he really killed Gao Han, then he would most likely take Gao Han's body to his own yard, because this is the safest and most secure place he thinks, and he must remember where the body was buried.

Perhaps Meng Tingzhe could destroy the body at any time, but unfortunately, the demolition in 2010 destroyed the marking location here, so Meng Tingzhe lost the opportunity to destroy the body, and he had to build a new house to cover up the secret here.

But perhaps, he just wanted to bury the body forever under the old house, because the foundation of the old house was very shallow. As long as no one dared to move the old house, no one would ever know the secret underground.

While Meng Siqi was eating noodles, there was a knock on the door. She thought it might be Qiqi, so she stood up and walked to the door, but there was no sound outside. She asked again, "Who is it?"

"Hello, I'm from the gas company and I'm here to test the gas."

Meng Siqi reached out to open the iron bolt, but at the moment she opened it, she stopped. She remembered that she and Meng Xinghai had lived in this building for at least three years. The gas was tested at the end of each month here. How could there be a habit of testing the gas in the middle of the month?

Maybe the gas company was more diligent, but Meng Siqi had experienced a lot of criminal investigation work, so she would always think more. She deliberately looked through the cat's eye and saw a man in the gas company uniform outside. He was tall and wore a uniform hat with his head lowered. The brim of the hat was very large, covering his entire face. She could not see the appearance of the person clearly.

She had a bad feeling, wondering if this person was sent by Meng Tingzhe. Today, Meng Tingzhe warned her in front of her in such a cruel way, but he must be afraid of something, so it is safest to eliminate the problem completely.

With her current identity, she is indeed not a threat to Meng Tingzhe, but the secrets she knows are definitely a threat to Meng Tingzhe.

She couldn't help but get a little nervous, and deliberately asked, "Didn't you check the gas a few days ago?"

"It's like this. Some users have experienced gas leaks recently, so we're here to check again." The man's voice was steady, as if he had prepared this answer.

"Oh, can we do it another time? I'm going to take a shower. I'll come back when my husband is home."

The person outside the door seemed to hesitate for a while. In Meng Siqi's opinion, he might be thinking about the new information, whether the owner of the house was home alone, and how to respond to her.

There were footsteps at the door.

"Hey, girl, I'm from the gas company. I'm here to test the gas in your house." The man asked as if he was asking a question to a person, and coughed twice, "I have a slight cold."

"Okay, wait a moment and I'll open the door." A hesitant voice came.

Meng Siqi's heart suddenly rose to her throat. Was the other party plotting something bad against Qiqi? She had to stop it.

She immediately opened the door and said, "Come in."

The man finally raised his head. Under the brim of his hat was a thin and cold face with cold eyes. He was also wearing a black mask.

"Okay." He seemed to be sneering.

"Aunt Meng, are you at home?" Qiqi was very happy to see her.

"Qi Qi is back."

"Aunt Meng will come over to chat with you in the evening."

"Well, Qiqi. Close the door tightly."

Qiqi smiled and nodded, then closed the door.

"Sorry, I have a slight cold, so I'm wearing a mask. I'll leave after the examination." The man walked into the house, carrying a shoulder bag and heading towards the kitchen. He turned his head and glanced at her while speaking.

Meng Siqi quickly walked out of the door and ran downstairs, but a gust of wind blew from behind. The man must have discovered that she was escaping and chased after her. He ran very fast and hugged her body in an instant. He quickly stretched out his palm to hold her mouth. The man wanted to control her voice. Maybe there were psychedelic drugs in his gloves.

At the critical moment, the man screamed "Ah" and his palm was pierced by the sharp blade. Meng Siqi had just hidden the bolt in his hand, and when the man suddenly came, he raised his hand and stabbed his palm.

The door of her room in this old neighborhood was bolted with a long thick iron nail. She didn't expect that it would help her today.

While he was in pain, Meng Siqi struggled hard to break free and ran downstairs. The strong wind behind her was coming in an instant. If she was hugged by him again, he would never let her go.

When she ran to the second floor and went downhill, she ran too fast and suddenly stumbled and fell forward. If she fell to the ground, the people behind her would definitely catch her.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of her and held up her arms. This man was strong and it was Zhao Leiting.

"What's going on?" he asked worriedly.

"Someone is chasing us!" Meng Siqi finally stood firm and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The strong wind behind him did not disappear, so he rushed down. Because his right hand was injured, a shiny knife appeared in his left hand, and he stabbed it fiercely towards Meng Siqi's back.

Zhao Lei Ting reacted very quickly and pushed Meng Siqi aside. The knife just brushed the back of his hand.

The gangster turned around and stabbed Zhao Leiting again.

Meng Siqi was pushed away, still in shock, and in the blink of an eye he saw the gangster and Zhao Leiting fighting in the corridor. The corridor was narrow and difficult to turn around, so Meng Siqi could not go forward, let alone help.

The criminal stabbed wildly with his dagger. Zhao Leiting dodged desperately and shouted, "Siqi, run away!"

At this moment, a knife pierced Zhao Lei Ting's arm squarely.

While Zhao Leiting was enduring the pain, the gangster suddenly pushed him away and stabbed Meng Siqi with a knife. Meng Siqi tried her best to back away, and the tip of the knife was about to pierce her.

Behind the gangster, a huge shadow rushed towards him. Zhao Leiting knocked the gangster down. Meng Siqi took advantage of the opportunity and stepped on the dagger in the gangster's hand, then kicked it away quickly.

The gangster suddenly stood up, knocked Zhao Leiting over, leaped forward, knocked Meng Siqi into pieces, and ran madly towards the door.

"Fuck!" Zhao Leiting got up and chased after her. Meng Siqi also ran after her. When she ran to the gate of the community panting, Zhao Leiting slightly bent his waist and panted, saying, "Fuck, he ran away!"

Meng Si was looking forward to the hustle and bustle of traffic and the crowds of people. After slowing down for a while, she felt that she was really old. After this ordeal, it seemed as if all the parts of her body were falling apart.

She lowered her eyes slightly and saw the blood on the back of Zhao Leiting's hands and arms. She hurriedly said, "Go to the hospital quickly."

Zhao Lei Ting raised his arm and looked at it, then looked at the worry on her face, and said with a smile: "It's just a minor injury, it's okay. Let's go to your room and sit down."

"Why are you always like this!" Meng Siqi yelled. She remembered that when Lu He and the Korean team were injured, they all had this expression of not caring about themselves.

Why do you all like to use this method to make her not worry? You don’t know how much pain she is feeling.

"I'm sorry," Zhao Lei Ting apologized quickly, "I'm sorry, I'll go get the anti-inflammatory treatment and bandage right now. Look, there's a clinic right at the door."

This is also the fastest way now, Meng Siqi nodded.

They went to the clinic together. When the doctor cut open the cloth on Zhao Leiting's forearm, she realized that the wound was several centimeters deep, almost white, and so red that it made people feel distressed. But he still said it was okay.

The two were in plain clothes. The doctor couldn't help asking as he treated the wound: "Did you get into a fight? It's so serious. The iodine will hurt a little, just bear with it."

"It's okay," Zhao Lei Ting smiled faintly, "It's just a small matter."

"Ah?" Zhao Leiting suddenly exclaimed.

Meng Siqi wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. It seemed that only iodine could cure him.

Look at him, there are tears in his eyes. When did he become so brave? I remember that he was not so brave back then.

Zhao Lei Ting looked up at her with a painful expression, then slowly smiled.

He looked at the person in front of him and suddenly felt very distressed. She had nothing now and he was the only one who could protect her. If Lu He and Brother Feng were there, they would definitely protect her, but now he was alone and he could not let anything happen to her.

He suddenly felt very uncomfortable and tears fell out.

Today, when he ran to the gate of the community, he suddenly found that he was exhausted. He knew that he was old, he could not run anymore, and he could not catch up with the criminals.

He was worried that he would no longer be able to protect her.

If he were thirty years younger, if they were still young, how great it would be. He would still want to work on cases with her and pursue the truth together.

"Zhao Leiting, look at you, you are so useless. You started crying after applying some medicine."

Meng Siqi suddenly wanted to cry. She knew that Zhao Leiting was not crying because of this. She turned around and walked to the door, stood on the road, hugged her face, and didn't want to let the tears flow out.

After a short while, she felt much better.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Leiting's voice came from behind.

Meng Siqi quickly put on a smile, turned around and said, "Let's go home and sit for a while."

The two of them walked slowly back to the community and back to Building 7. At the entrance of the staircase, Meng Siqi picked up the iron bolt and dagger that had fallen under the two electric vehicles.

"Why don't you take this back for testing." Meng Siqi handed him the iron bolt stained with the criminal's blood. "Maybe we can use DNA to detect his identity. Although we may not be able to convict him, we may be able to confirm who ordered him to do this."

"Want to kill the police! We can definitely convict him." Zhao Lei Ting said with gritted teeth. He had the habit of carrying an evidence bag in his pocket when he went out. He put the bolt into the evidence bag and smiled again, "Siqi, I didn't expect that your ability is still the same as before."

“I couldn’t do that back then either.”

"Haha, if you can't do it, then who can?"

The two walked back to 302. Meng Siqi closed the door and made Zhao Leiting a cup of tea. Zhao Leiting asked, "Siqi, who do you think might be chasing you?"

"I don't know either. I think it might be Meng Tingzhe."

"Meng Tingzhe?" Zhao Leiting asked doubtfully, "Does he already know that you are helping the investigation team?"

Meng Siqi asked in confusion: "What investigation team?"

"The purpose of this investigation team is to investigate Meng Tingzhe's gang. Team leader Chen wants to find a breakthrough on Meng Tingzhe from you."

It turns out that Meng Tingzhe must have done many illegal and disorderly things, but he did it in a very secretive way, which made the investigation team helpless. So they wanted to find a breakthrough from Meng Tingzhe's relatives.

Meng Siqi said solemnly: "So you are here to seek my advice."

"Siqi, what do you think? Especially in the past thirty years, do you know some secrets about him?"

"Zhao Leiting, I know an important secret of Meng Tingzhe."

"What?"

"Gao Han, who disappeared in 1994, was most likely killed by Meng Tingzhe. The body is under the Meng family residence."

"How do you know?" Zhao Leiting asked in surprise.

"I have only recently started to speculate based on past events. But even if we dig up Gao Han's body, we may not be able to convict Meng Tingzhe."

Zhao Leiting nodded and said, "Yes, even if the body is under the Meng family's residence, it does not mean that Meng Tingzhe killed him."

Meng Siqi said: "I have a bold idea."

"What?"

"I went to see Meng Tingzhe today. I deliberately reminded him, so he sent someone to assassinate me at night. He must have thought that I knew his secret, because no one else knew this secret. He wanted to silence me, but the criminal had made a mistake, so he will definitely act again tonight, and we can catch him in the act."

Zhao Lei Ting said excitedly: "Siqi, you are so smart. Okay, tell me how I can cooperate with you."

…

After Zhao Leiting left, Meng Siqi felt a little exhausted and took a quick shower. At around nine o'clock, there was a knock on the door. She was very alert, not knowing who it was.

She walked to the door, looked at Cat's Eyes, and was stunned. The person at the door was Meng Tingzhe. He was wearing a pair of sunglasses and looking at Cat's Eyes. Probably seeing that there had been no movement, he raised the bag in his hand and said with a smile: "Sister, are you at home? Brother brought some food and wanted to chat with you."

Meng Siqi didn't say anything. She didn't know what Meng Tingzhe was up to. Meng Tingzhe seemed to know she was behind the door. He stepped back deliberately and touched the pockets of his red shirt and pants to show that he didn't bring any dangerous goods. He opened the bag to show her that there were transparent lunch boxes in the bag. He said loudly, "It tastes like Aunt Chang's cooking!"

At that moment, Meng Siqi's tear glands were a little sensitive. Aunt Chang was already dead. She didn't believe Meng Tingzhe. She didn't believe him at all.

Meng Tingzhe picked up the bag again, walked forward to the cat's eyes, looked into its eyes and said, "Sister, I'm not lying to you. This is made by Aunt Chang's daughter. It tastes exactly the same. It's what you loved to eat back then."

Aunt Chang's daughter? Meng Siqi knew that Meng Tingzhe was trying to take Aunt Chang's daughter away from her. She answered loudly, "Meng Tingzhe, what do you want from me?"

"Sister, I'm your brother, your real brother. I just came here to sit with you. I mean it sincerely. How about I ask Aunt Chang's daughter to come over and cook for you?"

Meng Siqi said decisively: "You don't have to come to me. Go back."

Meng Tingzhe continued: "To be honest, the taste of Aunt Chang's daughter's cooking is indeed not as good as her mother's. I asked her to study for a while, and finally she got a bit good at it. They are all things you like to eat. There are braised pork ribs. You loved this dish when you were young. At that time, Aunt Chang cooked braised pork ribs for you. You must have an extra bowl of rice. There is also braised fish. Maybe you were in a hurry on the road and lost some of the soup, but you can smell the taste..."

Meng Siqi stood at the door. She did smell a familiar smell, that was the smell of Aunt Chang cooking, but it was not so strong. She could smell that it was not made by one person. But her eyes still felt a little uncomfortable.

"Sister, why are you standing there? Hurry up and open the door. I brought some wine. Remember, every Chinese New Year, my father likes to drink red wine the most. Today, I will drink a glass with you."

Meng Siqi was speechless. Meng Tingzhe said, "Sister, our parents are gone, Aunt Chang is gone too, and now we are the only ones left to depend on each other. I haven't taken good care of you these years..."

Meng Siqi asked: "Tell me, what do you want from me? Meng Tingzhe, you wouldn't be so nice to me..."

Meng Tingzhe suppressed his smile, "Sister, this is your fault. For the past thirty years, it's not that I've been bad to you, it's that I've been good to you, but you've never accepted it. You'd rather live in this shabby house than accept a penny from me. I don't know why you want to divide the relationship between brother and sister so cleanly..."

"Brother and sister..." Meng Siqi sneered, "Are we siblings?"

"Who dares to say no? I am a big businessman now, who dares to say you are not my biological sister? I have made so much money, who should I give it to if not you?"

Meng Tingzhe stood at the door and took out a card from his trouser pocket. "There are 10 million in this card. Back then, the inheritance left by dad was not that much money. I will give you his compensation and all the money I owe you over the years... In addition to this money, I have also bought you a property abroad. Tomorrow, you can apply for resignation and retirement, and live abroad. In this life, your brother will support you, and you will have no worries in the future..."

"Meng Tingzhe!" Meng Siqi said sadly, "Put away your false sympathy. Meng Siqi has not received any favor from you in the past thirty years. Do you know why?"

"Isn't it because your father didn't leave you an inheritance? Isn't this enough?"

"Because Meng Siqi only accepts clean money, do you understand, Meng Tingzhe? Take this dirty money back... take it back..."

His voice was filled with suppressed anger: "Meng Siqi, what grounds do you have to say that I didn't use the money cleanly? Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"Yes, Dad's will is fake, and your Da Ting Group is full of dirty deals..."

"Only the strong survive..." Meng Tingzhe laughed, "You are indeed naive. You will never understand why Meng Hui chose me? You will not understand that success comes at a price..."

"You... don't want to drink my toast, so you drink the wine as punishment?" Meng Tingzhe suddenly frowned.

"What's wrong? Do you want to kill someone to silence him? Are you afraid that I will know your secret? Isn't this the reason why you came here today?"

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Two policemen suddenly ran up from the corridor. "What happened?"

"Nothing." Meng Tingzhe turned around, his expression changed instantly, a fake smile on his face, "I'll leave right away..."

He then said to the door: "Sister, even if I owe you, at least it was me who brought honor to the Meng family. You should think about it carefully. For the sake of the Meng family and the glory it has achieved today, give each other a chance."

Seeing no one responded, he walked downstairs angrily.

After a while, Meng Siqi opened the door and two young faces came into her sight. The young man said, "Sister Meng, we are the people assigned by Director Zhao to protect you. I am Song Yu and this is Qin Tao."

"Thank you both." Meng Siqi said gratefully.

*

At one o'clock in the morning, two excavators suddenly drove up to the Meng family's house and knocked it down in an instant.

Meng Tingzhe was standing outside the Meng family residence, with several men in suits standing in front of him. At this time, a car drove over and stopped. Someone got out of the car, walked up to Meng Tingzhe, and whispered, "Boss Meng, the Municipal Bureau is very quiet tonight. No one should know about us."

"Okay." Meng Tingzhe nodded. He felt that as long as he transferred the evidence tonight, no one could threaten him.

Meng Tingzhe remembered that he killed Gao Han with his own hands on a rainy night in 1994, and the body was buried in the front yard of the Meng family's residence. Unexpectedly, in 2010 Meng Siqi suddenly agreed to the demolition, and the land was flattened. Later, he could not find the location of the body, so he temporarily decided to build a new house and bury the body completely under the house.

But unexpectedly, Meng Siqi suddenly came to the hotel to meet him this afternoon and mentioned Gao Han. No one in this world knew Gao Han, so he was puzzled as to why Meng Siqi knew him. There was only one possibility, that when he was burying Gao Han's body, Meng Siqi accidentally saw it, but why didn't she say it out loud?

He didn't understand, but he had to move and destroy the corpse today, otherwise this madman Meng Siqi would never let it go.

She is simply a lunatic. In the past twenty years, not only has she not accepted a penny of favors from him, but she has also strictly drawn a line between them. It is simply incomprehensible.

Half an hour later, someone shouted, "We found it! We found it!"

Meng Tingzhe was stunned for a moment, then rushed over in a hurry. The searchlight's daylight-like light shone into the mud, revealing a blackened corpse mixed with the mud and some remnants of clothing.

He was stunned for a moment. He even remembered Gao Han's handsome face back then, but he never expected that a person who had rotted in the mud for thirty years would look like this.

"Take it away quickly!" he ordered.

At this moment, sirens rang out in the distance, just like firecrackers suddenly lighting up the night sky. Six or seven police armed vehicles came rushing over and surrounded the entire Meng family's residence.

A dozen public security special police officers got out of the car and rushed over. They were wearing black police uniforms and holding pistols, aiming at Meng Tingzhe and the men in suits.

Meng Tingzhe stood there and shook his head in disbelief. He shouted, "What is this? What is this?"

A police officer in his fifties got out of a police car. It was Liang Yunfeng. Soon after, two more people got out. They were Meng Siqi and Zhao Leiting. The three of them strode towards him.

A criminal police officer rushed to Meng Tingzhe and showed him the arrest warrant. "Meng Tingzhe, you are involved in a murder case. We are taking you back for investigation."

"What murder?" Meng Tingzhe smiled nervously, "How could I kill someone!"

"Someone reported that you murdered Gao Han thirty years ago, and his body is under the Meng family residence."

Meng Tingzhe laughed, and then glared at Meng Siqi who was walking towards him. He gritted his teeth, his face dark, and shouted, "You have no evidence! What qualifications do you have to arrest me? Just based on the lies of a mentally ill person!" He took out his cell phone, "I want to make a call, wait, I want to make a call!"

Liang Yunfeng walked over quickly, snatched his phone, and said in a sharp voice: "Evidence? That's evidence!"

Several flashlight beams suddenly shone into the mud, and the corpse wrapped in mud was clearly visible.

"You actually want to destroy the evidence? Arrest you now!" Liang Yunfeng said sternly.

A pair of handcuffs were immediately put on Meng Tingzhe's wrists. He gritted his teeth and struggled desperately for a few times, but was still held down by the criminal police.

Meng Siqi approached and smiled coldly: "Meng Tingzhe, did you see that? I said I would arrest you! If you break the law, you will definitely be punished by the law!"

"Ah!" he yelled angrily.

Meng Siqi finally waited for the day when Meng Tingzhe would be interrogated. After thirty years, she finally waited for the first and most beautiful ray of light.