"Hey, Zhang Lingfeng, where have you been for the past few days? I've been trying to call you but you won't pick up." Zhao Shanyu started scolding me as soon as he answered the phone.

  "Come out and walk with me, let's meet at the school gate." I said.

  After I finished speaking, I hung up the phone and hailed a taxi. The car drove for about twenty minutes before I paid the fare and got out of the car. By then, I had already seen Zhao Shengyu standing at the school gate.

  Zhao Shanyu was wearing a pink pajama, panting, as if he had just run out of the school dormitory.

  "Is your mom's thing done? When are you coming back to class?" Zhao Shanyu saw me and came over to ask.

  "Uh, I'll be back in a few days." I looked at Zhao Shanyu and felt a bit more relieved, cracked a smile, and asked: "How did you manage to run out of the dorm?"

  "Cut, I want to go out, who can stop me?" Zhao Shanyu said as he pulled my hand and asked: "Where do you want to go, I'll accompany you."

  It's already one o'clock in the morning now. There aren't many pedestrians on the street. Zhao Shenyu and I started strolling down the main street.

  Neither of us spoke, and Zhao Shenyu also felt that I was in a bad mood, but he just held me.

  Walked around the school for a circle, back to the school gate, I said: "Alright, hurry back to the dormitory and sleep."

  "Your mood still seems a bit off." Zhao Shanyu said, looking at me.

  "It'll be fine in two days." I sighed.

  Zhao Shanyu nodded and waved at me before climbing over the wall into the school.

  I also found an inn next to the school, opened a room, took a bath and went to sleep. Perhaps I was too tired, my eyes closed and I fell asleep.

  Ding ding ding.

  I was woken up by the ringing of the phone. I rubbed my eyes and looked at it, only to find that it was Uncle Dong calling.

  "Hey, Little Wind, come to the court, the trial of Wang Jinlong is about to begin." As soon as Uncle Dong finished speaking, I was shocked and quickly hung up the phone. When I looked at the time, it was already 12 o'clock in the afternoon.

  I rushed out of the hotel and took a taxi to the court entrance, where a soldier was standing at the door. He was one of the men who followed Dong Shu yesterday. As soon as he saw me coming, he led me into the courtroom.

  I walked in and the judge inside had already started speaking.

  Dong Shu sat in front of the first row of chairs at the hearing, and next to Dong Shu was a middle-aged man in his 40s wearing gold-rimmed glasses.

  I walked over and sat down beside Dong Shu, who saw me coming and pointed to the middle-aged man beside him, introducing: "This is Mayor Zhang Lingkang."

  The mayor? If I had met such a person in the past, I would have felt a sense of admiration, but now I know this guy is here to support Wang Jinlong, and I don't even bother to pay attention to him.

  "What's the situation now, Uncle Dong?" I looked at Huang Team who was dealing with Wang Jindong's lawsuit and was currently explaining various evidence they had obtained.

  "It's obviously a frame-up, Master Wang Jinlong is a noble person, how could he do such things?" Dong Shu hadn't even spoken yet, when Mayor Zhang beside him said with certainty.

  "You can't talk like that, there are many swindlers these days." Dong Shu said sarcastically.

  "That's right, never mind, just listen slowly, I believe the law is definitely fair." The mayor smiled at us and said: "You two listen slowly, the result is almost the same as my prediction. I still have official business, so I'll leave first."

  The mayor turned around and walked out after saying this.

  After Mayor Zhang left, Dong Shu's face turned ugly and he whispered to me: "The situation is not good, now Zhang Lingkang wants to forcibly protect Wang Jindong."

  "But don't worry, I've already arranged for troops to be stationed around the area. If they really release that Wang Jinlong guy, I'll immediately have him arrested and shot by the troops." Dong Shu said, looking somewhat angry as well.

  I heard that the judge was getting more and more meaningless, and in the end all the charges were pushed to Ye Nai Bo, and Ye Nai Bo also confessed without hesitation, taking all the crimes on himself.

  The judge banged his gavel and said: "The defendant Ye Naibo is sentenced to life imprisonment, deprived of political rights for life. The defendant Wang Jindong was framed by others and has nothing to do with this case, he is released immediately."

  As soon as I said this, my head buzzed with a loud noise, damn it!

  Dong Shu also clenched his fists, Huang's eyes were full of anger.

  "Hahaha." Wang Jinlong burst out laughing, turned his head to look at me and said: "Want to play with me? You're still a bit tender, brother I'll go home to take a bath and sleep first. Tomorrow's headline will probably be 'Deputy Director of Qingyang District People's Hospital Dies in Car Accident'."

  After finishing speaking, Wang Jinlong swaggered out.

  I gritted my teeth, watching his back disappear as he walked out. I really wanted to rush up and kill him, but Uncle Dong grabbed me tightly from beside me. Then Uncle Dong pulled out a walkie-talkie and said: "Action."

  "Reporting to the superior, the target is dead, the target is dead!"

  Good deeds bring good results. Doing evil will eventually be punished. Wang Jinlong is dead, but it's not because he was dragged back to the army to eat peanuts. Coincidentally, when Wang Jinlong walked out of the court door, a flower pot suddenly fell from above and hit his forehead, causing him to die on the spot.

  This should be the legendary retribution.

  Wang Jinlong cheated so many people, causing their families to be broken and ruined, this day will come sooner or later.

  At that time, the troops went to the courtroom where the flower pot fell and checked the surveillance video. In the end, it was a strange gust of wind that blew down the flower pot.

  On the night Wang Jinlong died, I dreamed of many strangers, including my mother, all smiling at me.

  The next day, I returned to school and life got back on track. Every day was spent sleeping in class with Zhao Shanyu, and on weekends, we'd go to the Zhongshan Buddha statue to catch ghosts. On ordinary days, I studied Shan Shu and researched that golden peach wood sword.

  Gradually, my mother's shadow also faded from my heart, and I became more open-minded. In fact, this is fate. Many people may not believe in fate, but some people can fall from a 10-story building and still survive, while others may die from just a slight stumble.

  Four months later, Li Mingyao also returned to the Zhongshan Buddha statue museum. Han Zhongshan did not return. After he came back, I resigned too. It's not that I didn't like doing this job, but I wanted to spend more time with Zhao Shenyu.

  Time flies, and a year has passed. I often go to find Li Mingyao to drink some wine. This guy's personality has also become more open-minded, occasionally making jokes with me, and sometimes taking Zhao Shenyu to watch movies. Wang Rui and Xu Hang are always playing games, recently they're obsessed with DOTA, and even said they want to participate in e-sports competitions. My dad has been very pessimistic this year, drinking every day after work. I didn't say anything to him, I know he's still thinking of my mom.

  As for Liu Qiqi, she hasn't come back either. According to Old Zhang, she has dropped out of school. But Old Zhang didn't tell us what exactly happened.

  In the blink of an eye, it was June 7th, 2008, and the day of the college entrance exam had arrived. Looking at those examinees who were tense and doing exercises every day, I felt a chill. What's the use of studying hard? I had already asked Dong Shu about it earlier, and he directly asked me which university I wanted to attend, and he arranged everything for me.

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