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Early on Saturday morning, Xu Zheng went to the airport, preparing to fly from City H to City B.

He had already asked Yang Cheng for the student's contact information, and made an appointment with him on the time and place to meet, everything was ready, the only thing left was to meet.

Xu Zheng got up early, and Fu Yue also got up very early.Fu Yue didn't need to get up so early, but he couldn't bear to see Xu Zheng for two days, so he insisted on driving him to the airport. He yawned a lot along the way, and the drowsiness spread to Xu Zheng, and the car was filled with sleepiness. .

"It's almost there." Fu Yue was not sleepy anymore, so he took the time to look at his brother more.

Xu Zheng pinched his chin with his hand, turned his face away, and said, "Look at the road."

Fu Yue looked ahead and glanced at Xu Zheng from the corner of his eye: "I want to see you more, after all, I haven't seen you for two days."

"How could I not see you?" Xu Zheng said, "I can video with you tonight."

Fu Yue snorted twice: "You can see it, but you can't touch it. What's the difference?"

Xu Zheng was speechless, so he just closed his eyes and rested his mind, and stopped talking to this little fool, but the corners of his lips were slightly raised, unable to hide his smile.

Fu Yue sent him to the airport, and like all lovers parting ways, he hugged each other at the airport and separated in just a few seconds.

"Lawyer Xu..." Fu Yue seldom used this title, Xu Zheng was taken aback.

This is a very formal name, and Xu Zheng has been called this by countless people.But from Fu Yue's mouth, it was low and deep, full of dependence, lingering and coquettish.

"Ok?"

"I'll wait for you to come back." Fu Yue said seriously, "I will miss you."

"Yeah." Xu Zheng patted his head, "Me too, I'm leaving."

Lawyer Xu has a thin skin and refuses to speak properly. "I too" is an elliptical sentence, which saves a few words, but adds a bit of fantasy romance.

Fu Yue watched Xu Zheng's back disappear at the boarding gate before leaving.

The phone ding-dong, a message from Xu Zheng - tell me when you get home.

Fu Yuefei quickly typed two words.

- obey!

Two hours later, Xu Zheng arrived in City B. There was still an hour before the agreed meeting time. He checked in at the hotel first, left his luggage and went to the agreed place.

The student's name is Zheng Youdong, a junior this year, majoring in construction engineering and minoring in law. He and Xu Zheng made an appointment to meet at a teahouse.

When Xu Zheng arrived at the teahouse, Zheng Youdong had already arrived. He was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, very formal, and Xu Zheng recognized him immediately.

"Zheng Youdong?" Xu Zheng walked over and asked for confirmation.

Zheng Youdong stood up and held out his hand to Xu Zheng: "Hello, Lawyer Xu."

Xu Zheng said, "Hello."

The two took their seats.

Zheng Youdong said, "What kind of tea would Lawyer Xu want to drink?"

Xu Zheng wanted to say casually, but after thinking about it, he felt that he was creating a problem for the other party, so he said, "Longjing or Pu'er."

Zheng Youdong called the waiter and asked for a pot of Longjing tea and some refreshments.

Xu Zheng said: "Student Zheng, Lawyer Yang has already told me about your father, but I want to hear you tell it again, completely, without missing any details."

"Okay." Zheng Youdong glanced at his watch and said, "Three years ago, two days before the Chendong mass death case, my father, Zheng Long, disappeared. , no one was there. My mother and I went in and out of Chendong Construction Company three times, trying to find out some news about my father. We said that my father was sent by the company to work on a construction project that was under construction..."

The waiter came over, served refreshments and Longjing tea, and said with a smile, "Please take your time, both of you."

Zheng Youdong stopped talking when the waiter came over, and when the waiter left, he continued: "At that time, my mother and I were puzzled and questioned the person in charge, why my father didn't answer the phone during non-working hours, and at night Not coming home, not texting me, my mom, or my grandpa. It was so different from my dad's usual behavior, it wasn't his style at all. My dad was an honest family man, no matter what he did, he never Will disappear without saying a word. My mother and I feel very anxious, but we don’t know what to do. City B is so big and China is so big, where can I find my father?”

Xu Zheng poured Zheng Youdong a glass of Longjing. Hearing what Zheng Youdong said with some emotion, he loved his father very much and still missed him.

Zheng Youdong said thank you, took a sip of tea, and calmed down.

Xu Zheng asked: "Didn't the person in charge of Chendong Construction Company tell you where your father went to participate in the project?"

"They refused to say, saying that the project is still in the secret preparation stage. This is a confidential project and it is not appropriate to disclose it. Let us not worry, my father will return home in five or six days at most." Zheng Yudong held Clenching his fists, he said, "It's because I was young at the time, and my mother was not a person who could make up her mind, so we were fooled. Thinking about it now, we should have recorded at that time. This is very important evidence."

"My father never came back after that." Zheng Yudong's eyes were red, but he firmly controlled himself and wanted to calmly narrate. A lawyer was sitting across from him.

Xu Zheng lowered his eyes and said, "Lawyer Yang told me that you said your father died in the Chendong mass death case, but you didn't tell her why? You can tell me why you are so sure that your father died? "

Zheng Yudong gritted his teeth, and said something creepy: "Because I dug up his body with my own hands, although only half a hand was dug out." He took out his phone, clicked on a photo, and handed it to Xu Zheng look.

The photo shows half a broken hand, bloody and bloody, with black-yellow, sticky sand still stained on it.

Zheng Yudong said: "There is a mark on it, near the wrist, very small and not obvious, it is a five-star shape, it is my father's birthmark. This birthmark is very unique, I am sure I will not mistake it."

Xu Zheng observed for a while and said, "With this hand alone, you can tell that your father is injured, but you can't say that he has passed away."

Zheng Yudong found something in a sealed plastic bag from his bag, pushed it over to show Xu Zheng, and said, "This is a necklace made by my father himself. It is a model of my house. It is unique. It was made by me at the scene of the crime." Found it. My father once said that he would wear this necklace until death took his life, and then he would leave it to me. This is the family necklace. If I My father is still alive, he will not let this necklace stay there. However, before I had time to dig down, the police came. I didn't trust the police, so I had to leave with this necklace, thinking about going later Check it out."

"You could have shown these things during the public trial, but you didn't do so. Could it be because you don't trust the police?" Xu Zheng grasped a crucial point of information and asked him, "Why can't you trust the police?"

Zheng Yudong smiled sarcastically: "Because I know that Chendong Construction Company donates hundreds of millions to the city government every year, because I know that the chairman of Chendong Construction is related to the deputy mayor of City B. If Lawyer Xu wants to know more There are many, and I can list them all.”

"No need."

This is not the topic he wants to talk about today, Xu Zheng asked: "Why did you arrive at the scene of the incident earlier than the police? Did you know anything at that time?"

Zheng Yudong said: "At that time, I didn't believe Chendong's answer. It took me five days to travel around half of City B, and I finally found a collapsed and unfinished building in a remote suburb of City B. At that time, my eyelids were jumping wildly, and I had a premonition that there was something inside, so I went in. After searching for a long time, I found a few people, but they were all dead. Some of them I knew were my father’s co-workers. I couldn't stop, I searched for a day and a night in the ruins, and found these two things. Then the police came, and when I heard the sirens, I sneaked out, ran into the woods and disappeared."

"You said their deaths were not accidental, why?"

"Because this is obviously unreasonable..." Zheng Yudong said a bunch of proper terms related to architecture, and explained from a professional point of view why those 11 people could not die accidentally.

"According to your opinion, the reason why this accident was judged as accidental death is only because the police did not find any evidence to prove that their death was not accidental." Xu Zheng is indeed a lawyer, and the list of such a series of words is still very smooth.

Zheng Yudong said: "It is also possible that the police were bought by Chendong Construction to hide all the evidence, and then..."

You know everything.

Xu Zheng said: "These are similar to what Lawyer Yang told me. Do you have anything else to say?"

"Yes." Zheng Yudong's eyes were sharp, "I'm an intern at Chendong Construction Company now, and I've been an intern for three months."

Xu Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly, waiting for him to continue.

Zheng Yudong: "My current level of authority in Chendong is level [-], and my boss's boss is level [-]. I established a good relationship with him, and through the third level of authority, I hacked into the system of level [-] authority, and then discovered the eleven workers. common ground."

"What do you have in common?" Xu Zheng asked.

Zheng Yudong said: "I have worked in Chendong Construction for more than 30 years, and I have participated in the Yupeng real estate project 15 years ago. My father is one of the supervisors of the Yupeng real estate project."

"The Yupeng real estate was completely demolished and rebuilt three years ago." Xu Zheng was quite impressed by this news, because the Yupeng real estate is located in the downtown area, and the demolition and reconstruction took time, effort and money. With a reasonably reasonable explanation, Yupeng's real estate does not conform to the current environmental protection concept and urban style of City B.

So it is dismantled.

Xu Zheng: "Do you suspect that there is something wrong with the Yupeng real estate?"

Zheng Yudong said: "Yes, but I can only suspect at the moment, and I haven't found evidence yet. I will stay in Chendong Building until the cause of my father's death is found out."

Xu Zheng asked in a deep voice, "Does anyone in Chendong know that you are Zheng Long's son?"

Zheng Yudong said: "No, my original name was Zheng Youdong, Blessing You, Dongliang's Dong. The name Zheng Yudong was changed by myself later. Several forces in Chendongli are complicated and intertwined, and there must be an unknown darkness behind it."

Xu Zheng said: "You are alone, going on like this is not only difficult, but also dangerous."

"I'm not afraid of difficulties, let alone danger." Zheng Yudong smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "My father has always taught me to be an upright and brave person. I can't live up to his expectations, no matter what the price is."

Xu Zheng didn't know what to say. He was not a few years older than Zheng Yudong, but he had never experienced the loss of a loved one. He was just an outsider standing outside the fog, and he couldn't help Zheng Yudong too much.

"If you need help with anything, you can contact me."

That's all I can say.