◎Two in One◎
Chen Yong rarely saw Guo Mingli so crazy. The last time was because of something wrong with her son Chen Siming. What happened now?
After some effort to restrain the man, Chen Yong's face was not looking good. "What happened to you? Did you fight with someone?"
"Yeah, I had a fight with that bitch of yours out there!"
Chen Yong frowned, thinking to himself that this was not good, but he was never one to show his weakness, so he spoke calmly, "What are you talking about, you slut."
"No. 59, Yueya Hutong, Chen Yulian, why are you pretending not to know me now?"
Chen Yong had just thought of this, but he didn't expect that he would really be discovered by Guo Mingli. However, after years of immersion in the business world, he is now over 40 years old and is no longer the young and energetic boy who was unstable when faced with difficulties.
"Are you still investigating me?"
"What? You dare to do it but not take responsibility for it?" Guo Mingli was full of complaints and couldn't help but shout, "Chen Yong, I have thought enough about you. If it weren't for your face, I would have caught the adulterer in the morning and would not have stopped until I beat that bastard to death! You cut it off quickly and drive this man out of the city."
Chen Yong felt a headache when he heard his wife's noisy voice. This person was good in every way except her temper. "Yulian has been with me for many years. Don't be so stingy. Eat and drink as you like. I won't bother you. Don't worry about me."
"What do you mean? You still want to continue supporting her, right?" Guo Mingli looked at her husband and felt that he was a stranger, or rather, not a stranger. At first, he liked Wu Huacui, and then Wu Huacui married Xu Mingyuan, so she started dating him and got married. Now, Wu Huacui is dead, so how come Chen Yulian suddenly appeared?
"She can't cause you any trouble, so just turn a blind eye." Chen Yong, with his status and position, was naturally unwilling to compromise, especially in front of his wife. The more he agreed to her requests, the more she would push for more.
He is not used to women.
"Bullshit! I don't agree! You really have a good idea. You want the red flag to fly high at home and the colorful flags to flutter outside the house! Chen Yong, you bastard!" Guo Mingli was very angry and started to beat the man again. This time, she was full of anger and pulled on him desperately, tearing Chen Yong's shirt askew.
"You crazy woman!" Chen Yong was rarely so ferocious. Both of them had messy hair. Chen Yong threw Guo Mingli onto the sofa. He was very strong and he didn't hold back in anger. Guo Mingli was knocked so hard that she saw stars.
It was the first time that Guo Mingli realized how ruthless this man was, even though she had been married to him for many years!
No, this person seems to have always been so ruthless.
"Chen Yong, how many years has she been with you? What about me? How many years have I been married to you? Is this how you treat me? Don't pretend to be so affectionate towards Chen Yulian. Your affection is worthless. You loved Wu Huacui so much, but you still killed her!"
Bang!
Chen Yong slapped Guo Mingli in the face with unprecedented viciousness and cruelty. He said in a deep voice, "If you mention it again, don't blame me for not remembering our friendship."
"You dare to hit me?" Guo Mingli glared, not willing to be outdone. "How did you climb up with the help of our family? How much effort did my father do for you behind the scenes? You actually hit me for a jerk? Chen Yong, I'm telling you, don't make me angry. If you make me angry, I will expose the murder you committed that year... Mmmmm..."
A pair of hands pinched her neck. Guo Mingli was speechless for a moment and could only utter some whimpering sounds. Her breathing was gradually taken away. She was like a dying fish, her hands moving unconsciously, trying to grab the sofa.
More than ten seconds later, Chen Yong finally let go. His eyes, which were originally red from anger, gradually calmed down like the sea. He leaned down and thoughtfully tidied up his wife's hair, which was messy from the struggle. "Mingli, I can kill Xu Mingyuan and Wu Huacui, and I can kill you too. Don't talk nonsense again in the future, or I won't let go next time."
Guo Mingli had never seen such a ferocious Chen Yong. His eyes looked as if he wanted to cut her into pieces, but the words he spoke were strangely gentle. She dared not say a word and her body trembled uncontrollably.
"Hmm?" Chen Yong looked at her, waiting for her answer.
Guo Mingli then nodded, but no sound came out of her throat.
It was not until she saw Chen Yong striding away that she felt she could breathe some fresh air.
"Grandma! Grandma, what's wrong with you?" Chen Siming's son Zhuangzhuang ran in and saw his grandmother lying on the sofa with a flushed face and breathing rapidly. He walked forward and touched Guo Mingli's forehead.
"Zhuangzhuang!" Guo Mingli was frightened by Chen Yong and couldn't help sobbing while holding her grandson. However, she was in a bad mood and worried about scaring the child, so she smeared his face and let him go, "Go play somewhere else."
"Oh." Zhuangzhuang walked to the back of the sofa and looked around for his tape recorder. He had just run out and forgot to take the tape recorder his father brought back from Hong Kong City. Seeing that his grandmother was depressed and didn't say anything, he went to find his father with the tape recorder.
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When Xu Shengjie received the news from his old comrade at the police station, he rushed over with Liang Baozhen.
To be honest, the files from eighteen years ago were too hard to find. The files in the past were not organized in a systematic and standardized manner, and were often moved around, so many of them were not put in chronological order. When he finally found the old files, it was already several days later.
Xu Shengjie opened the file and felt as if he had returned to eighteen years ago. He felt complicated, but everything on the file was very simple. It simply recorded the report received and the investigation. Nothing unusual was found, and the case was finally closed as an accidental fall into the water.
Just a few hundred words summarized this heartbreaking case for the Xu family.
"I'll just show you a few minutes. This file is too old and nobody's watching over it. But it's not in compliance with regulations to take it out without permission."
Xu Shengjie naturally understood and was very grateful to his old comrade.
There were not many words on it. Liang Baozhen watched and memorized them silently in her mind. After returning home, she wrote out a copy from memory. Not to mention her other abilities, it was no problem for her to memorize several hundred words in a few minutes.
The two of them took a look at the file, which said that it was late at night and no one passed by. The only person who had passed by was the current deputy factory director Wu Bingnian.
However, the above records show that Wu Bingnian claimed that he did not go to the bridge, but just passed the street in front and saw nothing.
Xu Shengjie felt something was wrong. When his family got into trouble, Wu Bingnian had secured a pension and a job for them, and he also looked after them from time to time afterwards. "Did he really see nothing?"
"Deputy Director Wu is really good to your family. When I married him, I almost lost my job. Wasn't it he who helped me deal with Chen Siming?" Liang Baozhen felt that this man might know something. "Maybe he really saw the murderer, but Chen Yong is too..."
The rest of the words were hidden in my heart.
"Go look for him."
Wu Bingnian lived in the family building of the officials of the National Cotton Mill, one floor away from the Chen family. The house allocated to the deputy director was spacious and bright. Wu Bingnian was a little surprised that Xu Shengjie suddenly came to his house.
His secretary was still at home reporting on work. When he saw someone coming to visit the deputy director's home, he stepped back a few steps and left.
"Xiao Xu, why are you here?" Wu Bingnian's home was decorated very warmly. It was obviously his wife's work. Even the large tea table was covered with a tablecloth with hollow flowers on the edge. "Hurry up and sit down and have a cup of tea."
Wu Bingnian's wife made two cups of tea and placed them on the tea table, then turned around and went back to the house. Her husband was usually very busy, so she was very considerate and would not disturb him too much.
"Deputy Director Wu." Xu Shengjie didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point. After all, it was a secret that Wu Bingnian and Chen Yong were not on good terms. Wu Bingnian would not tell Chen Yong that he had come to him to inquire about the truth behind his parents' death. "I'm really sorry to bother you today, but since this is about my parents who died many years ago, I have to go through this."
When Wu Bingnian heard Xu Shengjie mention his parents, he felt a chill in his heart. He picked up the teacup, blew away the foam on the tea leaves, took a sip of tea and continued, "It was indeed a pity for your parents back then. Why are you suddenly bringing up the past now?"
"I doubt my parents' death was an accident."
As soon as he said this, Wu Bingnian put the teacup back on the tea table, paused for a moment, and then acted as usual again.
"Oh? Did you notice something wrong?"
Xu Shengjie expressed his suspicions, and even directly suspected the current factory director Chen Yong in front of Wu Bingnian. He observed Wu Bingnian's expression with every word he spoke, but this man seemed to be wearing a mask and showed almost nothing about his thoughts.
"Suspect Director Chen?" Wu Bingnian showed no surprise nor sneered at Xu Shengjie. He just said calmly, "Director Chen is a capable man. If you suspect him, you need evidence. Besides, it's been too many years since this happened. It's hard to overturn the case."
Liang Baozhen felt something was wrong when she heard this. Deputy Director Wu seemed to be hinting that they should find evidence?
Does this mean that the murderer back then was really Chen Yong?
Xu Shengjie was overjoyed. It seemed that Wu Bingnian really knew something. "Deputy Director Wu, you passed by the place where my parents had the accident. Did you really not see or hear anything?"
"Director Chen is in a high position and has great power. How can I dare to say what I saw and heard?" Wu Bingnian picked up the teacup and took a sip. He felt that this year's new tea was fresh and sweet. He pointed at the tea and said to Xu Shengjie, "If you want this tea to taste good, you have to brew it several times, just like a person. If it doesn't work once, try twice. If it doesn't work twice, try three times. When this person is gradually disintegrated, maybe someone else will dare to stand up and tell us what they saw and heard."
Xu Shengjie and Liang Baozhen drank a cup of tea at Wu Bingnian's house, listened to some conversation, and then said goodbye and left.
Secretary Xiao Ying waited until the two left before entering the room. He had just heard what Xu Shengjie said, "Director, didn't you see Chen Yong kill someone back then? What did you mean just now?"
Wu Bingnian recalled a night eighteen years ago when he was returning home after leaving the factory. It was raining that day and the ground was a little slippery. As he was walking, he suddenly bumped into Chen Yong who was running towards him in a panic and almost knocked him to the ground. Chen Yong was a ruthless man in the National Cotton Mill. He was very capable and had a bad temper. Not many people dared to mess with him. Wu Bingnian had never seen this man so panicked. He wanted to ask a question or two, but Chen Yong ran away in a panic.
The next day, Wu Bingnian learned that Xu Mingyuan and his wife from the factory had died, drowned in the river, and the accident probably happened around the time he returned home. He had terrible associations in his mind, but seeing the ferocious-looking Chen Yong staring at his child, he felt threatened, and since he didn't see anything with his own eyes, he didn't tell the police about meeting Chen Yong on the road.
Maybe Chen Yong was just passing by accidentally at that time, Wu Bingnian comforted himself.
However, this incident has always made him uneasy. Later, the police classified the incident as an accident. He did speak a lot for the Xu family in the factory and tried his best to obtain funeral arrangements and compensation.
Now that time has passed, Chen Yong has grown incredibly strong, and his son is now doing well. Wu Bingnian looked at the two teacups on the table and said calmly, "Whether I saw it or not is entirely up to me."
Secretary Xiao Ying understood and smiled knowingly.
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When Xu Shengjie and Liang Baozhen walked to the first floor of the family building, they happened to pass by the door of Chen Yong's house. Xu Shengjie took a deep look and felt that Wu Bingnian was hinting that it was really Chen Yong who did what happened that year.
But he didn't dare to speak out easily. He had to be sure that he could bring down Chen Yong before he would speak out. Otherwise, it would be like hitting a rock with an egg. However, there was no evidence in the case eighteen years ago. His parents didn't have any skin injuries. He couldn't even identify Chen Yong as a suspect. Xu Shengjie just felt that it was too difficult.
Just as he was thinking about it, the door of Chen's house was suddenly opened, and a woman stumbled out.
Guo Mingli had just been frightened by Chen Yong's ferocious look, and she didn't recognize Xu Shengjie and Liang Baozhen when she ran into them when she went out. She knew Liang Baozhen, but it had been many years since the incident, and she was now panicked. She didn't pay any attention to others and just ran out trembling.
"Is that Chen Yong's wife?" Xu Shengjie naturally recognized the factory director's wife.
"It's her. She looks like she's been in trouble and is in a trance." Liang Baozhen just glanced at Guo Mingli who was running away and saw a circle of red marks on her neck. "Did you see it on her neck?"
"I saw it. He must have been strangled by someone, and the force was not light."
They both fell silent at the same time. Who else but Chen Yong dared to strangle Guo Mingli's neck in Chen's house?
"I have an idea!" Liang Baozhen was worried that there was no evidence for what happened many years ago. Since there was no external evidence, it might be useful to dismantle them from within.
After all, the book mentioned that Guo Mingli once mentioned a secret when she was arguing with Chen Yong, and it seemed that she wanted to use this secret to take over Chen Yong. Guo Mingli was easily frightened.
Ever since Guo Mingli was strangled by her own man and almost went to see Prince Yan, she has behaved herself. She no longer asked about the affairs of Chen Yong and Chen Yulian, and she also dared not mention the past events again.
But now she doesn't dare to look Chen Yong in the eye, and basically doesn't talk to him. After all, the threat of death makes her fear involuntarily. How could she forget that Chen Yong could even kill his beloved woman Wu Huacui, so what is she?
Recently, Chen Sixian and Chen Siming both noticed that something was wrong with their mother, but no matter how they asked Guo Mingli, she said it was nothing, she just hadn't slept well recently.
Chen Siming privately told her mother about the last time she suspected her father of having an affair, "Mom, about Dad's incident..."
"Okay, Siming, don't worry about it. Your father is fine. Don't investigate or worry about it." Guo Mingli didn't care about it. She was worried that her son would anger Chen Yong because of this matter, so she just gave him a few more warnings.
Chen Siming frowned slightly, feeling even more that something was wrong. His mother couldn't be the kind of person who would just leave his parents messing around outside and do nothing. He had already found out who the woman was. She was a neighbor in the large compound where the Xu family, where Baozhen had married, lived. Thinking of Liang Baozhen, Chen Siming's eyes became gloomy.
Because Guo Mingli was strangled at home, she has been afraid to stay at home for a long time. She goes out except to eat and sleep.
As a result, she always felt that someone was following her these few days, but every time she looked back, she saw nothing. She didn't know whether she was overthinking or worrying too much. When she saw Chen Yong again when she got home, she was so angry that she dared not breathe.
This person seems to be more ruthless than I imagined.
When Xu Shengjie was doing business, he got to know a lot of people, including some cadres, some wealthy people, and naturally some ferocious people. He found two fierce men to follow Guo Mingli for a while, and seeing that she was getting more and more scared, he felt that it was about time to close the net.
Guo Mingli was indeed disturbed and always felt that someone was following her. She planned for a while, and finally one day after entering a department store, she went to the toilet to change her clothes and escaped from the two men's pursuit. Instead, she slipped out wearing a coarse cloth dress and saw the two men who were following her outside.
The two men realized they had lost Guo Mingli and after searching for a while they still couldn't find her, so they had to give up and head in one direction.
Guo Mingli followed them from a distance and saw that the two of them actually entered the National Cotton Factory. In a flash, she finally understood something: Chen Yong had sent people to follow her!
This man actually sent people to follow her. After returning home, Guo Mingli was scared when she saw him talking to her family at the dinner table as if nothing had happened and even picking up food for her.
She knew that Chen Yong was scheming and cruel. She could even say that she was obsessed with him. When she learned that Chen Yong had killed his most beloved woman, she felt even happier.
When Chen Yong killed Xu Mingyuan and Wu Huacui, he ran away in a hurry without noticing that Guo Mingli, who had always suspected that he was still entangled with Wu Huacui after marriage, had been following him secretly today. Although she married Chen Yong as she wished, Chen Yong was still thinking about Wu Huacui. How could she swallow this!
But what she saw was a shocking scene. After Chen Yong escaped, Guo Mingli walked to the bridge and looked down. The turbulent river became more turbulent due to the rain. Wu Huacui, who had been outshining her, was thrown into the river by Chen Yong himself. She felt a surge of pleasure in her heart, and looking at the woman who was gradually losing her strength to struggle in the river, she quickly left.
But now that the crisis of death has befallen her, Guo Mingli is afraid. Does Chen Yong really want to kill her to silence her?
The more she thought about it, the more scared she became. She dreamed of Chen Yong strangling her neck at night, and she often woke up from nightmares.
Instead, Chen Yong became more gentle and kept comforting his wife. However, the gentler he was, the more frightened Guo Mingli became. She felt that Chen Yong was a sinister and venomous snake ready to bite her at any time.
However, Guo Mingli also comforted herself that they had been married for nearly 30 years after all, and it wouldn't come to that. As long as she didn't mention that matter again, everything would be fine.
However, problems arose one after another at home. Chen Yong had a big quarrel with his second son Chen Siming. Chen Siming was Guo Mingli's favorite. When she rushed to the study, she saw Chen Yong strangling Chen Siming's neck with an abnormally ferocious look on his face.
"What are you doing?" Guo Mingli mustered up some courage, rushed over and pushed Chen Yong away with great effort, but Chen Siming was bent over, gasping for breath, his face flushed.
"Why are you still asking me?" Chen Yong was repeatedly challenged by the mother and son. "Go ask your good son. He actually dared to hire someone to follow and investigate me! Investigate his father!"
Chen Siming had listened to Guo Mingli and hired someone to secretly investigate his father Chen Yong's extramarital affair. However, it was recently discovered by Chen Yong. He was furious at what kind of person Chen Yong was and how his son could do such a thing. Coupled with Guo Mingli's previous provocation, he felt that his authority was challenged again and again.
"It was me. I asked him to check it out." Guo Mingli didn't expect that this incident would harm her son. "It's over now. I don't care anymore. Don't do anything to Fu Siming!"
"This bastard is simply a waste. He has caused me trouble before. If it weren't for Sixian, he would still be in the dark. If I find out that you dare to investigate me again in the future, I will punish you." Chen Yong kicked Chen Siming to the ground and stormed out of the house.
Guo Mingli hugged her son with tears streaming down her face, and she felt that her husband was a devil!
In the middle of the night, she began to dream about the scene in which Chen Yong threw Wu Huacui into the river. She also began to dream about herself and her son being strangled by Chen Yong. She always woke up in a cold sweat.
Later, she simply slept in a separate room from Chen Yong, moved herself to the guest room, and propped the door with a table. Only then did she feel more at ease.
The undercurrent in the Chen family was broken when the police station came.
Xu Shengjie went to the police station to report the case, suspecting that his parents' death was related to Chen Yong, the director of the National Cotton Mill. This caused a huge uproar, and Chen Yong was taken to the police station for investigation, causing a lot of discussion within the National Cotton Mill.
Guo Mingli didn't know why something that happened many years ago was brought up again. You know, it had been eighteen years!
Chen Yong had doubts in his heart, but he remained calm. He answered the police's inquiries generously and appropriately and cooperated very well. No matter what, he was convinced that this old case could not be overturned.
Sure enough, Xu Shengjie did not have strong evidence. Eighteen years was enough to destroy all evidence, not to mention that there was no evidence left at that time that could identify it as murder. A day later, Chen Yong was released, still looking bright and well-dressed.
After returning home, Chen Sixian prepared a fire basin for his father and asked him to step over the fire basin and go home to get rid of the bad luck.
"Dad, the Xu family actually threw dirty water on you. The National Cotton Mill was very good to them back then, but now they are biting back." Chen Sixian has always respected his father. He couldn't stand someone trying to pin the crime of murder on his father.
"Well, after all, they have lost their parents, so it's normal for them to feel unwilling." Chen Yong comforted his son and pretended to be generous, "Don't blame the Xu family too much for this matter. I am innocent and will not cause any trouble."
Guo Mingli looked at Chen Yong who came back a day later, and her heart ached again. You know, thinking of Chen Yong staying in the police station last night, she slept particularly well and felt more relaxed than ever before.
It would be great if Chen Yong had stayed in the police station all the time. Guo Mingli was shocked by her sudden thought.
Most of the people in the National Cotton Mill had experienced the drowning of two workers eighteen years ago. When talking about this incident, everyone sighed. Some thought that the Xu family was slandering others, some senior people thought that Chen Yong had pursued Wu Huacui in the past, and it might be possible, and some thought that it was impossible considering the people-friendly attitude of the current factory director Chen.
However, being involved in a murder case is a big deal, and it will be discussed for a long time regardless of whether there is a verdict or not.
There was only one person, Guo Mingli, who had something on her mind. Ever since that thought was buried deep in her heart, it had been tugging at her nerves. After Chen Yong came back, she had nightmares every night and couldn't sleep. When she thought of the scene where she and her son Siming were strangled, she found it difficult to breathe.
Chen Siming became depressed after being discovered and scolded by his father for helping his mother investigate his father's extramarital affair. He found the deep affection between his father and his eldest brother even more ironic.
Guo Mingli looked at her beloved youngest son who was depressed. She knew that he was frightened that time, but she was also frightened and didn't know how to comfort her son.
"Mom, I feel like Dad never thought of me as his son. He only likes and recognizes my eldest brother. Did you hear what he said last time? I am a person in the dark. I am not a son he values at all. He has always looked down on me."
"Siming, don't think like that. You and Sixian are both our children. How could your father be partial to one?" Guo Mingli felt something was wrong as soon as she said this. She was partial to Siming. Chen Yong indeed valued his eldest son Sixian more. Neither of them should blame each other.
"I'm afraid every time I see my dad now. I keep thinking about how he pinched my neck that day, as if he wanted to strangle me to death. I couldn't breathe at all. It was so painful!" It was the first time that Chen Siming was treated like that. The fear of death swept through his body. Unfortunately, that person was his powerful father. He couldn't fight back. Of course, he couldn't beat him even if he fought back.
Guo Mingli looked at her son in pain, who was enduring the same endless suffering as herself, and smelled the undisguised scent of perfume that Chen Yong brought back time and time again. She clenched her fists, her eyes dark.
The next few days were peaceful. Guo Mingli went out for a walk with Minister Chen's wife, but now she had no interest in her favorite activity of buying clothes.
Instead, when I was having dinner at a state-owned hotel, I became interested by listening to what two men at the neighboring table were saying.
"I heard that someone in Yue City killed someone more than ten years ago. He was recently reported and has been arrested. I'm afraid he won't be able to get out in the future."
"Really? You can make a judgment after so many years?"
"No, that's not it, what's that called, eyewitness, anyway, the murderer got it in."
"Mingli, Mingli, what's wrong with you?" Minister Chen's wife saw Guo Mingli in a daze and called her a few words, which brought Guo Mingli back to her senses.
Guo Mingli shook her head, her eyes wandering.
One week later.
Chen Yong talks with Secretary Xiao Fang in the director's office of the National Cotton Mill.
"Xu Shengjie actually suspected you, Director, do you want to find someone..."
"No need." Chen Yong was embarrassed to be taken to the police station for questioning, but the man was Wu Huacui's son after all, so he was not prepared to kill him. "Don't be too cruel. After all, I am sorry to Huacui."
"But recently many people in the factory have been discussing this matter, which will have a bad impact on your reputation."
"Bad things are not always bad things. This is a good opportunity to start a public debate. Let someone spread the word that the Xu family is still upset about something that happened many years ago and wants to ask the director of the National Cotton Mill to cheat them out of money, so they made a false accusation." Chen Yong smiled and clasped his hands on the desk, making a sound. "Remember the most important thing, I am the victim of this incident and suffered an unprovoked disaster."
Secretary Xiao Fang nodded, "Director, don't worry, I understand. We can take this opportunity to win everyone's sympathy."
"Go ahead." Chen Yong waved his hand, sitting in his office chair and closing his eyes to rest. A series of images flashed before his eyes. Many years ago, on a rainy night, he accidentally pushed Xu Mingyuan into the river during an argument. But Hua Cui was stubborn and insisted on quarreling with him. She wanted to call the police. In order to protect himself, he could only throw her into the river...
What a pity.
Boom boom boom
"Come in." Chen Yong looked at the secretary Xiao Fang who came in again, a little confused, "What's the matter?"
"Director, the police are here again." Secretary Xiao Fang said with some embarrassment.
"Comrade from the Public Security Bureau, why are you here again?" Chen Yong remained calm and smiled as he walked over to greet them.
This time, the two police officers spoke in a strong voice, "Chen Yong, someone has accused you of murdering Xu Mingyuan and Wu Huacui eighteen years ago."
"Hey, comrade Gong'an, you didn't believe some false accusations again, did you?" "Comrade Gong'an, I went back with you last time, why bother again?"
"This time, the one who informed on you was your daughter-in-law, Guo Mingli."
Chen Yong's expression suddenly changed and he stood there in a daze.
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