Quick Wear: The Villain is a Little Pitiful

After the dinner, Tong Baocheng soon brought Li Mingzhi and Shi Ruoyi into the research group. Because of the confidentiality agreement signed, Tong Xiyuan's contact with them became few and far between.

According to the original world's information, this secret research will last for two and a half years. Two years later, when the research has made a major breakthrough, Tong Baocheng is bribed by a foreign high-level official, which triggers a series of subsequent tragedies.

But Tong Xiyuan was afraid that Tong Baocheng would do something evil beforehand, so he asked 999 to quietly invade the network of the research institute and monitor it in real time.

At the same time, without Li Mingzhi and Shi Ruoyi, Tong Xiyuan's internship work gradually became busy, which delayed his idea of ​​continuing to collect evidence for a long time.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed.

This day is Tong’s mother’s birthday.

Tong Xiyuan had picked out a decent gift early on and rushed back to the Tong family as soon as he got off work.

"Mom, happy birthday."

As soon as he entered the door, Tong Xiyuan handed out the gifts and flowers in his hand.

The mother, who was originally worried that the children had forgotten what day it was, suddenly changed from being disappointed to being happy, "Thank you, Xiaoyuan, I'm so happy that you can come back."

As she spoke, she opened the gift box. Inside the simply wrapped gift box was an exquisite Sichuan embroidery silk scarf, with an elegant design, most suitable for a retired intellectual like her.

Tong's mother couldn't help herself and quickly put it on her neck and tied a beautiful knot. She walked slowly around in her shoes with thick heels embroidered with elegant orchids, and asked, "Does it look good?"

Tong Xiyuan gave a full emotional value, "It's so beautiful."

Tong's mother asked him again, "Is your brother coming back today?"

"I don't know," Tong Xiyuan took out his phone, "I'll send him a message and ask."

But on such an important day, no matter how busy Brother Tong is, he should be able to find time to come back, right?

Just as I was thinking this, there was a noise at the entrance.

The mother and son turned their heads and saw Brother Tong, who looked tired, standing at the door holding a bouquet of carnations.

Perhaps he noticed their gazes, Brother Tong wiped his face and quickly changed his expression. He walked up to her happily and said loudly, "Happy birthday, Mom!"

The child's mother responded, but stopped talking.

Tong Xiyuan and she both noticed the dark circles under Brother Tong's eyes, the stubble that he hadn't had time to shave, and his wrinkled clothes.

He looked like he had been out and about for several days.

But Tong Xiyuan knew that Brother Tong was not the kind of person who slept with many women, and he must have other worries.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Brother Tong raised his hand and stroked Tong Xiyuan's curly hair. The stress of the past few days was relieved a little, and he said with a smile: "Mom, don't cook. Today is your birthday, let's celebrate and go out for a meal."

Tong's mother pulled the two brothers towards the dining table and said, "Don't go out. Mom has already prepared a table of food for you."

She has been used to keeping a low profile all her life. In addition, Tong Baocheng is now doing some secret research for the country. For fear of neighbors asking too many questions, Tong's mother has even gone out much less often than before.

The three of them arrived at the small dining table and saw that it was already filled with dishes.

Tong Xiyuan placed the cake he brought in the middle and carefully inserted the candle given by the store. Just as he was about to light it with the included matchbox, he heard a "click" sound beside him and Brother Tong came over with a lighter.

Just when the jumping flame was about to touch the candle wick, it suddenly went out without any warning.

Brother Tong clicked his tongue, frowned and said, "Out of breath again?"

He shook the lighter and moved closer again, this time lighting the candle before the flame went out.

Tong's mother guessed something and advised, "You should smoke less. You're going to damage your lungs."

Tong Xiyuan immediately thought of the case in the medical book, "Brother, long-term smoking is also one of the culprits that induce lung cancer, and..."

“Stop, stop, stop,” Brother Tong interrupted him quickly, “I’ve heard this since I was a child. Dad finally left, so stop wasting your brother’s ears.”

Tong's mother scolded him, "Your father and your brother are doing this for your own good."

Brother Tong immediately made a gesture to them for mercy.

The family of three finished their meal with laughter. Tong's mother went back to her room to rest, while Tong Xiyuan and Big Brother Tong stayed here for one night.

Late at night, in the Tong family’s small study.

Tong Xiyuan squatted on the ground stealthily, holding up the flashlight from his cell phone and rummaging through the bottom row of bookshelves.

He opened the thickest complete explanation book, flipped through it quickly, picked up the book and shook it. When he saw nothing falling out, he quickly and carefully put the book back to its original position, wiping off any traces of dust.

Then, repeat the previous set of movements.

After searching for a while, he couldn't help but raise his head, rubbed his aching neck, and asked, "Brother, what are you looking for?"

Brother Tong was standing on a ladder, looking for the books on the top row. "There's just a certificate, it's green. Look carefully. If you find it, I'll give you a red envelope. Tsk, I don't know which book Dad put it in."

Tong Xiyuan had no choice but to continue.

Suddenly, a thin card fell out of the book that Brother Tong was holding and hit Tong Xiyuan on the head.

Brother Tong stood on the ladder and asked, "What is that? Give it to me quickly and I'll put it back."

Tong Xiyuan stood up and stamped his numb feet, then stood on tiptoe and handed the card over, "A bank card."

"Bank card? Could it be our dad's hidden money?" Brother Tong smiled wickedly and took the card while saying, "I think I'll give this card to mom tomorrow, huh? Why is it a card from xx Bank?"

Tong Xiyuan: "What?"

Brother Tong frowned in confusion, "No one in our family has ever applied for a card from this bank. I remember when you were in elementary school, Dad wanted to apply for a new salary card and went to the nearest branch of this bank, but it didn't work out. He came back and complained to us for three days and three nights about the bank's service attitude."

He was puzzled, but didn't take it seriously. "It might be a useless card. I don't know why Dad kept it."

Just as Brother Tong was about to put it back, Tong Xiyuan quickly stopped him, "Brother, let me have another look."

He didn't think it was a useless card. Where did Tong Baocheng put the money he collected over the years? He thought that he couldn't give it to his family. Tong's mother was as frugal as ever. Brother Tong never asked for money from his family when he was running the company, and his living expenses were all given by Brother Tong. The probability that Tong Baocheng hid the money himself was too high.

Tong Xiyuan took the card back, looked at it a few more times, wrote down the card number and the bank where the account was opened, and then returned it to Brother Tong.

He told 999 to quietly check all transactions on this bank card.

999 had been hiding in the surveillance camera for the past few days and was almost going moldy from idleness, so he happily went to take on the new mission.

"Found it!" Brother Tong, who was standing on the ladder, shouted happily.