If the world had no daylight

On the last day of the final exam of the first semester of the second year of high school, the procuratorate finished its review and decided to file a public prosecution against Wei Zheng, which was also accepted by the court.

When Bai Tian walked out of the examination room, Liu Ran was already waiting at the door of the classroom and told her the news.

He paid even more attention to this case than Bai Tian. Maybe he had a lot of speculations secretly, but he never asked, so Bai Tian just pretended not to know.

While packing her schoolbag, she asked, "When will the court start?"

Liu Ran showed a subtle expression: "This month's NO.20."

Bai Tian's movements stopped.

Today is already the tenth, that is to say, there are less than ten days left.

Bai Tian didn't know how long it would take for the court to hold a trial under normal circumstances, but it didn't prevent her from feeling that the time was a bit rushed.Especially when the new year is approaching, the judiciary must have endless things to do.

Liu Ran reminded her: "The 21st is Lunar New Year's Eve, and the court will be on holiday. Zhang Laowu's uncle... probably doesn't want to wait until the Spring Festival is over before the court starts."

Bai Tian was silent, she looked down at the schoolbag, patted the dust on it, then picked it up and carried it on her back.

"I see, let's go first."

Liu Ran looked at her back and wanted to say something, but saw someone not far away shaking his head at him, so he could only withdraw his hand and let her walk away alone.

He lowered his head in frustration, and the tall and thin girl slowly came up and patted him on the shoulder.

"Now she's worried enough, let her stay away from these things for a few days."

Zhao Yuelan laughed, and said in a hearty voice, "We'll buy some fruit in a few days and go see Uncle Bai."

Liu Ran raised his head, met her smile, and his ears turned red unconsciously.

He nodded indiscriminately, and the previous boredom finally dissipated a lot.

When Bai Tian walked out of the school gate, he happened to meet Wen Xinlei.

She always wears cute pink hair accessories on her head, leading the fashion style sought after by school girls.At this moment, she was standing beside the car that came to pick her up, saying goodbye to some girls in the same class.

The girls around her all had reluctance on their faces, and they dragged her to talk for a long time before watching her get in the car and leave.

Wen Xinlei poked her head out of the car window and waved to them until she was completely gone.

Bai Tian withdrew his gaze, walked in the opposite direction, and walked slowly to the station.

There are many students wearing No.[-] Middle School uniforms around, and most of them are waiting for the bus with their companions.The girls chatted about where they would go to sing during the winter vacation, and which shopping mall had a new dessert shop.The boys were enthusiastically discussing the new game and how much lucky money they would receive during the Chinese New Year.

Bai Tian was standing in the crowd with his schoolbag on his back, obviously wearing the same school uniform, but he looked out of place.

She didn't seem to notice the glances from the opposite sex from time to time, but she just buried herself in flipping through the payment notices on her mobile phone one after another.The utility bills at home, natural gas bills, hospital bills that have not been settled and new bills to be issued, while she looked at them, she quickly calculated the amount in her mind, and thought about the money left in the passbook.

Finally came to a conclusion.

She has to find at least three part-time jobs this winter vacation, otherwise she will just sit and eat.

The short-haired girl was dressed thinly. She stood straight at the station, with an invisible barrier between her and the people around her, but after being glanced at for no reason, she couldn't look away.

A boy in a Western-style student uniform glanced at her from time to time. His attention was so frequent that his companions wearing the same uniform around him quickly noticed, and immediately joked, "A Yuan, what are you looking at?"

The other boy looked over, and then smiled ambiguously: "Don't be cowardly, go up and ask for the phone number."

The boy who was being teased suddenly became embarrassed, pushed him, and said in a low voice, "You are the one who talks too much."

The three of them stood relatively far away, and their voices were not afraid of being heard by the other party. The boy who was pushed said again: "Did you see that school uniform? It's not the same as our school. This is a serious training base for top students."

"It's definitely going to be hard to chase," he concluded.

"I didn't! Stop talking nonsense." The boy blushed and wanted to cover his mouth.

The other person wanted to coax him, but the boy stopped him immediately and said seriously: "I'll accompany you today because you said you were going to buy sneakers. If you do that, I'll go home for dinner."

The man felt bored and waved his hand: "I'm afraid of you."

A new bus stopped at the station, but it wasn't the one most people were waiting for, only a few people got on.

The figure in his peripheral vision also got into the car, so he looked up at the number on the car, and then turned to look at the road map behind him.

This bus went to a relatively remote place, concentrated in the area of ​​​​a few public hospitals. He looked away and watched the bus go away thoughtfully.

Bai Tian found a seat in the last row of the car. After she sat down, she opened the cover of her phone and looked at a certain dialog box in the text box, but she couldn't click on it.

What to ask?

Ask her why she didn't tell her about the trial again?

I still asked her if she had sent him home after she found Chen Huiru, so that the exhausted parents could feel at ease.

The face under the afterglow appeared in front of her eyes again. She stood in front of her, and she had to look up to see her expression clearly.So she squatted down, reached out to hold her hand, and covered it with heat.

Her eyes were deeply exhausted, as well as imperceptible hesitation.

But her tone was as calm and calm as usual.

She said: "Bai Tian, ​​Wei Zheng's life hasn't been ruined yet. I'm trying to get him acquitted. I already have evidence and witnesses, but I still need time."

She said: "We have a great chance of winning this war. Believe me again, everything will be over when Wei Zheng comes back."

"So promise me that when the dust settles, will you?"

There was fog on the glass car window, and the short-haired girl stretched out her right finger and wriggled to write two words on it.

The handwriting was so crooked that I couldn't even make out what was written.

Her eyes dimmed, and she slowly withdrew her hand.

When he walked into the ward, Bai Tian keenly sensed that the atmosphere was not right.

She didn't even have time to put down her schoolbag, and went straight to the penultimate hospital bed in the innermost place, and she was relieved only after seeing the person lying on it.

Bai Tian walked over with light steps, and straightened the quilt and infusion tube for him, but the other party suddenly opened his eyes.

She looked away and found that his eyes were rarely sober, so she couldn't help smiling.

"Third Uncle, do you feel better today? Have you eaten yet?"

Bai Laosan looked at her and didn't answer.

This sudden silence gave Bai Tian a bad feeling. She scratched the corner of the quilt and asked again: "What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable? I'll call Nurse He..."

"I'm asking you." His voice was low and hoarse, harsh and unpleasant, and his breath was very unstable.

Bai Tian stood up, already anticipating what he was going to ask.

"What about our restaurant?"

She pursed her lips, and answered after a long time: "Sold."

Bai Laosan's breath became short of breath, he looked at her, and asked again: "How did you sell it?"

Bai Tian closed his eyes and replied calmly: "The parents who gave you the signature last month lied to you."

She hid the contract on the next page. At that time, Bai Laosan was in a daze and didn't see it clearly, so he signed it.

The person lying on the hospital bed struggled to sit up, Bai Tian immediately went to shake the bed, but Bai Laosan yelled: "You stand for me!"

The other people in the ward were startled and looked over one after another, but he didn't seem to see it. After sitting up with difficulty, he leaned against the head of the bed and asked, "How much did you sell for, and where is the money?"

Bai Tian lowered his head and answered truthfully: "90, except for the hospital payment, the rest is in my passbook."

He opened his eyes wide, "90? You're lying to me when I haven't read a book? Who would pay 90 for such a piece of crap..."

Bai Laosan's voice stopped abruptly.

Bai Tian was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head to look at the person on the hospital bed.

The man who was tortured to the point of being out of shape by illness was actually just in his prime. He had a face with regular features, and he was once physically strong, with an air of a good man at first glance.

But now he is so thin that he can't stand a single blow, his pale and haggard face is full of surprise and uncertainty, and he changes back and forth in disbelief.

Bai Tian faintly sensed something, and she said: "The person who bought the restaurant seems to be a big boss, he didn't lie to me, he gave a deposit of 40 in one go, and gave me the remaining 50 after signing the contract."

Bai Laosan's hands trembled, he raised his voice and said, "Give me the contract!"

The contract was always hidden in the middle of the schoolbag, and Bai Tian never left her body. When she heard this, she immediately opened the schoolbag, took out the contract and handed it to him.

After Bai Laosan took it, he didn't dare to open it.He seemed to be having difficulty breathing, Bai Tian wanted to persuade him to drink some water and rest, his body hadn't recovered yet, but looking at his expression, he couldn't say anything.

The man with trembling hands finally opened the contract. He directly turned to the last page and looked at the place where both parties A and B signed.

The line written by Party B is his name, Bai Xiule.

As for Party A's line, there were two characters written in flamboyant patterns - Shi Chen.

Bai Laosan suddenly quieted down, which made Bai Tian a little uneasy.

She watched her third uncle staring at the contract so intently, as if lost in thought, something more terrifying than silence silently swept across the corner of the ward.

Bai Tian wanted to call him, but Bai Laosan raised his head first, looked at her for a long time, and then said: "Give me the buyer's phone number."

An hour later, the man Bai Tian thought he would never see again in his life came to the hospital.

He was still wearing a thick black overcoat with a white suit underneath.He was standing outside the ward, and a young man wearing glasses behind him walked in first, said a few words to everyone in the ward, and let them go out on their own initiative.

Bai Lao San looked at Bai Tian, ​​she understood something, picked up her schoolbag and left the ward.

Not long after, a young man wearing glasses came out, and when the man walked in, he closed the door and guarded the door.

Bai Tian sat on the bench in the corridor, the uneasiness in his heart spread little by little, circle after circle.

The first one to fall to the ground was a stainless steel cup, which was placed on the head of Bai Laosan's bed, and he could touch it with his hand.

Bai Tian trembled, and buried his head not to listen.

Then there were a few more dull sounds, something was thrown to the ground with force, and then there was a faint sound of cursing.

It was the third uncle's voice, and it was only his voice from the beginning to the end.

But the young man guarding the door didn't seem to hear anything, and when he saw Bai Tian's gaze, he turned his head and smiled gently at her.

This one-sided abuse lasted for 10 minutes, and the door of the ward was pushed open.The young man turned sideways, looked at the person who came out, and immediately took out a handkerchief and handed it over.

The man waved his hand and turned around.

Bai Tian looked at him in a mess covered in water, feeling a little at a loss.

But he still had that unsmiling look, stopped in front of Bai Tian, ​​and said to her: "I remember you said that you can make the decision, then I hope there will be no next time, my time is precious."

Bai Tian stood up and apologized again and again, but the other party left without saying anything.

She walked back to the ward in a daze, and seeing the man with red eyes on the bed, she couldn't help but have a sore nose.

"Third Uncle, did I do something wrong? If you want to scold me, scold me, it's my own fault, it's all my fault..."

Bai Lao San leaned on the bed, looked at the infusion tube and indwelling needle in his hand, and moved his chapped lips slightly: "Tian, ​​that's your grandfather's life, it's nothing if my life is gone, the Bai family's life is gone ah……"

Bai Tian's tears fell, she shook her head, and said softly: "The restaurant can be reopened when it's gone, as long as you recover, the Bai family's restaurant will still be there."

Bai Laosan closed his eyes.

After a long while, he said, "Why did you get beaten for the first time when you were a child? Do you still remember?"

Bai Tian froze in place, after a while, she raised her hand to wipe her face, then nodded: "I remember."

She sniffed and continued: "Because I asked grandpa, since you are the third uncle and mother is your second sister, where is the boss?"

"Grandpa ignored me after hearing this. I pestered him to ask, but he beat me with a cane."

Bai Laosan looked up at her with a dejected expression, and said to her: "The person just now is your uncle."

Shi Chen was sitting on the back seat of the car, twirling the white jade wrench on his finger boredly.

The young man driving took a look at him and asked, "Do you want to go back and change?"

The water stains on his body still exuded an unpleasant smell from the stainless steel water cup, but his expression did not change, he just replied, "Go back to the company."

The young man responded, and tactfully stopped persuading him.

With the heating turned on comfortably in the car, the man took off his coat and threw it aside, loosened his tie, and then leaned back on the leather-backed chair.

He closed his eyes, every word of Bai Xiule echoed in his ears, even every expression of disgust was so clear.

"You just want Dad to have no peace under the nine springs? When did he treat you badly? You want to hate him so much that you use this method to destroy his restaurant!"

"Dad would like to let you go for the things you did back then, otherwise, would you be able to survive in this industry today! You will only become notorious!"

"You actually took advantage of the fire to avenge your favor, Bai Shichen, you are too shameless."

"Boss Shi, we're here."

He opened his eyes.

The car was parked downstairs of the building. The young man parked the car and got down to open the door for the man.

He didn't put on his coat, he got out of the car directly, arranged his tie meticulously, and walked into the building first.

The person at the front desk immediately bent over and called out, "Mr. Shi."

He glanced at the three beautiful girls in front of him, suddenly pointed to the person on the left, and said, "Worker card."

The girl's face froze, she looked down, and then quickly apologized: "I'm sorry."

She quickly searched for it on the table, and put the badge with the words "Shi Weixuan Catering Group" on it on her chest.

Shi Chen turned around and walked into the elevator without saying anything, but the girl at the front desk murmured, "I'm done..."

The elevator stopped on the 27th floor. When the man came out, the person who heard the news was already ready, put on his work permit or badge, and stayed at his post to concentrate.

A person came over with a document and asked, "Mr. Shi, the meeting with Mr. Li at 04:30 in the afternoon. I just received a call saying that Mr. Li has something to do. Do you think so?"

The man walked towards the office without turning his eyes, and replied: "Cancel the meeting, change the plan and make a profit."

The other party was taken aback, and quickly asked: "How much has been improved?"

"Five points."

Before he had time to confirm again, the man had already walked into the office.The young man who was following him turned around and gave him a self-seeking look.

The people around immediately gathered around and sighed: "Five points, Mr. Li's face must be very good-looking."

"It seems that Mr. Shi is in a bad mood today. Lao Wang, you are miserable. Are you going to hand in the quarterly report later?"

The person who was called suddenly lost face, "Is there still time for me to ask for sick leave?"

In the office, the person who just came in didn't stop for a moment, went to sit behind the desk, and opened a pile of folders.

The young man flipped through the schedule at the back, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Shi, the dinner with Ms. Zhou tonight..."

"Push it off."

The young man shrugged helplessly, crossed out this line, and then looked down again.

"That's all right, you can go home after eight o'clock."

The man nodded, the young man was about to go out, but he stopped him.

"Lian Ke."

"What's the matter?" He immediately turned around and stood up.

Shi Chen didn't stop signing in his hands, and his tone was very flat: "The store I bought last month."

The young man paused, not expressing his emotions too much.

"What's wrong?" He simply asked.

The man said without looking up, "It's demolished."