Mistake

Tu Minglang, an old fritter that has been entrenched in C City and L City for many years.Although his ability seems mediocre, he has no self-motivation, and he will be like that until he retires, but thanks to his always smiling face and easy-going personality, he has always been very popular with the government all these years.

In Zhuang Ze's impression, that man seldom gets angry, he is good at two bowls of water, and he is a talent in the standard of social communication.Helpless, what he left to Zhuang Ze in the end was an image of abandoning his wife and son, and the damage was deposited into his subconscious, which could not be eliminated at all.Under normal circumstances, let alone a meeting, he is not interested in listening to the other party's affairs.

At 02:30 in the morning, Zhuang Ze found his home in L City according to the address given by Tu Yuqing.

It's an old community, the property is not very good, the guard is sleeping soundly, Zhuang Ze honked the horn a few times before he opened the door sleepily, he didn't see who the visitor was, and continued to lie down in his little bed.

Zhuang Ze drove into the community, and suddenly saw a bright light among the dark buildings.With a thought in his heart, he thought, that is Tu Minglang's family.When I got to the downstairs, I saw Tu Yuqing standing downstairs in her pajamas, looking up.

"Mr. Zhuang." She was familiar with each of Kang Siqi's cars, and greeted him before Zhuang Ze got off the car. "Did something happen? Is Mr. Kang in trouble?"

Zhuang Ze nodded in acquiescence, looked up at the lights upstairs, and seemed to see a figure on the balcony.The figure was hidden in the dark, almost melting into the night.He took a look, distinguished the figure, and compared it with the memory, it was not very similar, and it was not easy to overlap.

As he turned off the engine and got out of the car, he said calmly to Tu Yuqing, "Kang Siqi was taken away to 'cooperate with the investigation' tonight, and Xu Yi was also taken away not long ago. I heard that when your father worked with Xiating in the past, Good relationship."

Of course, I listened to what Kang Siqi said.

Tu Yuqing nodded: "It was okay in the past, because my dad's hobby and Mr. Xia were quite in tune. I remember that Xia Ting came to our house to play chess when I was young, but..." She paused for a while, her face showing embarrassment , hesitant to speak.

Zhuang Ze: "Huh? What?"

Tu Yuqing twitched the corners of her lips: "My dad...well, it's also your dad. After he retired, he seldom cared about official affairs, and almost lost contact with Xia Ting. The relationship between Mr. Kang and him is not as good as it used to be. Mr. Kang doesn't like me mentioning his affairs to others, so the old man doesn't know about his situation this time, and about the two of you... I didn't dare to say anything, Mr. Kang won't let me, you know."

Zhuang Ze nodded in understanding.Not only Kang Siqi, he himself didn't want Tu Minglang to know because of the trouble.But now, he has no choice but to tell the old man the news himself.Fortunately, the old man knew the details of his son, so he shouldn't be frightened.

Zhuang Ze's tone was a little helpless: "Kang originally didn't want to involve you, so I'm here to trouble you."

Tu Yuqing clasped her arms together and looked up at him slightly: "Mr. Zhuang, don't say that, you know, I definitely want to help him, not to mention that I have been with him for so long, just because of you, I will pay more attention The old man...he will definitely help." At this point, she sighed softly, "I always wondered if the old man knew the relationship between Mr. Kang and you, would he be angry, and now there is such a thing Son, he probably can't care less about being angry, he must want to save people first."

Zhuang Ze raised the corners of his lips, and his smile was a little forced: "Thank you."

Tu Yuqing lowered her head and said nothing.

When the two went upstairs, Tu Yuqing took out the key to unlock the lock, and when she opened the door, the old man was already sitting in the living room, staring at the two people who had just entered the door with piercing eyes.Zhuang Ze looked over and saw that the old man's head was covered with frost, and he was completely different from the smiling middle-aged man in his memory.

Tu Yuqing gently closed the door, looked at Zhuang Ze, and gently motioned him to go in, then squatted down and took out a pair of brand-new slippers from the shoe cabinet, put them under Zhuang Ze's feet, and then ran to Tu Minglang with a small step, looking Some tangled, the tone is meaningful.

"Dad, you know about the summer hall. Our Mr. Kang was also invited just now. He...my brother, now, is here for Mr. Kang."

Tu Minglang's gaze slowly moved away from Zhuang Ze's face, and the expression on his face was still at the moment when he saw them entering the door—this was his pair of children, and it was the first time in his life that he saw them standing together , In the middle of the night and early in the morning, he made this scene dazzling, and his eyes hurt a little.At this moment, listening to Tu Yuqing's words, he immediately understood the meaning, his expression showed a bit of shock, and when he looked back at Zhuang Ze's face, it was quite different.

Over there, Zhuang Ze walked slowly in front of him in his slippers, looked at him, but didn't really look at each other. Word: "Dad."

Tu Minglang curled his fingers slightly, and silently closed his lips.After a while, he nodded his chin towards the sofa and said, "Sit down."

Zhuang Ze sat down, raised his head and looked at Tu Minglang, his eyes were tightly hidden, and there was a layer of bluffing calm in his eyes.After a little bit of typing, he cut to the chase and explained the situation Kang Siqi was currently facing.At the end, I specifically mentioned the "breakthrough" Xu Yi's clues.

"I heard from Kang Siqi that you used to exchange ideas on art appreciation with Director Xia. Director Xia must share with you any treasures. I want to ask, have you ever seen an ancient calligraphy and painting from Song Dynasty from Director Xia? "

"Song Dynasty?" Tu Minglang's eyes lit up, "I've seen it! Why, that was given to him by Kang Siqi?"

Zhuang Ze nodded: "I'm afraid it is. Have you seen it, can you tell how much it is worth? Based on this calligraphy and painting..."

"It's enough to bribe Kang Siqi." Tu Minglang came to a conclusion before he finished asking, frowning.

Zhuang Ze was dumbfounded.

Tu Yuqing was even more surprised: "That painting really came from Xu Yi to Xia Ting's hands? Dad, have you seen it yet?" After speaking, she panicked again, staring at her father, "Then if Xu Yi confesses this , what about President Kang?"

This was exactly what Zhuang Ze thought, and he also stared at Tu Minglang, waiting for him to make a reference judgment on the value of the painting.

But the old man just sighed and shook his head, "That calligraphy and painting, alas—" His frown was loosened, and there was a bit of nostalgia on his face, and his tone became longing, "I'm not an expert, how can I estimate it?" How much, I can't say. But it's the real thing, and the value is irrelevant. If it is confessed, there is no need to investigate other things. Based on this, he will also be sentenced to bribery. But the seriousness of the bribery circumstances is even higher. Seeing how much profit he has gained from this, whether he has caused losses to the national interest, and the punishment and judgment, these are the key considerations... It is too early to say."

Tu Yuqing said "ah": "Then what is the worst outcome?"

The old man glanced at her: "Damage the security of national property, and you will be imprisoned."

Tu Yuqing stopped talking, looked at Zhuang Ze, squeezed her fingers together, subconsciously comforted: "Mr. , where it will damage the security of national property, don't listen to Dad scaring people."

Zhuang Ze said nothing.

In response to this, he remembered that the day Xia Zhicheng was invited away, Kang Siqi jokingly said "ten years and eight years" to him by the river. How much he has given, how much he has received, and what punishment standard the amount has reached, he should have known it for a long time.

The female director was right, Xu Yi was a "breakthrough".

This opening is enough.

But Zhuang Ze came here just to deal with the consequences after this gap was opened.

He put his hands half-clenched into fists on his knees, and finally met Tu Minglang's eyes: "Dad, I haven't been by your side these years. As a son of man, I have failed my duty. I have no right to ask you for help, but this This time I can only have some hope in you, can you give me some pointers on where to run so that I can do my best for him."

The words are beautiful and emotional.

Tu Minglang looked at him with a pair of eyes that were sunken into his bones day by day, feeling a little wet.Regardless of the sincerity in this son's words, he is willing to be humble, and his father's heart is full of mixed feelings. Decades of emotions rolled over from a distance, and when he was photographed on his dry heart, it was actually astringent. of.

Tu Minglang moved his lips, and suddenly said something irrelevant: "You and your mother... really look alike, has she been gone for ten years?"

Hearing this, Zhuang Ze's eyebrows trembled.

Tu Minglang said: "I remember, I was very sad when I heard someone tell me that she was gone that day. I often wondered if I killed her. If I hadn't divorced her, would she...nor It must be her, hey."

Unable to continue, he waved his hand and wiped away the hint of reminiscence on his face. Wang Zhuangze's eyes became gentle and gentle, he patted his thigh and raised his voice.

"I've seen that little boy you mentioned before. Actually, he's pretty smart, but he's a bit arrogant and doesn't have much perseverance. He was invited. Kang Siqi has to go home in 24 hours, Xuan. We still think about it later. Bar--"

A light flashed across Zhuang Ze's eyes, and his expression became serious involuntarily, like a boy who wants to listen to his teacher.Seeing this appearance, Tu Minglang felt a pang of sadness in his heart, and the distant waves slapped in his memory, and he choked his throat: "Tomorrow, I will go to City C and find some old friends to understand. After understanding the situation, we will discuss how to proceed."

"Yeah." Zhuang Ze seemed to relax slowly after hearing this, the peace in his eyes had shattered at some point, and the one sitting in front of Tu Minglang at this moment, like the 15-year-old boy who just lost his father, was a little dazed, And holding stubborn.

After a while, he stood up: "I'm here so late, I'm bothering you, I'm leaving first."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Tu Yuqing hurried forward: "It's so late, you must be driving tired, or you can stay here first, and go back after dawn, Dad—" She turned to look at Tu Yuqing. Clear, seek support.

But Tu Minglang didn't intend to keep Zhuang Ze, ignored her, and just waved to Zhuang Ze: "You go back first, doesn't Kang Siqi have a daughter? Since you can beg me for him, it probably has something to do with you." Now, you go back and take care of the children more, don't be like me, not good enough for you... "

Zhuang Ze nodded, lowered his eyes, and said softly, "Thank you."