Original sin

Shen Chen suddenly became sober again.

He had really been looking for this Liao Yuancheng all along, but he heard that this guy had already gone to the north.

He found one through the police's electronic platform. There are quite a few people named Liao Yuancheng in the north, and there are dozens of them even from the south in these years.

"Mom, why do you ask that?" Shen Shen asked.

"Today I went to see a friend from before, a sister we had a good time with back then. We haven't seen each other for almost 12 years. She came to Lincheng and called me, and received her I'm really happy with the phone call. You don't know, at our age, it's a great thing to see old friends and know that there are still people thinking about you!"

Shen Chen smiled: "Mom, you are not even in your sixties, how can you say that you look like you are in your seventies or eighties."

Qiu Yuzhen also laughed. Although she retired early, she also retired internally, so she is not too old.

It's just that Shen Shen's father's death hit her too hard. She didn't know how old she was when she heard the bad news.

"My friend came from Yantai. She said that there was a very strange person in the community where she lived. The reason why she mentioned this person was because this person is from our bridge city."

Shen Chen narrowed his eyes: "Could this person be Liao Yuancheng?"

Qiu Yuzhen nodded vigorously: "It's true, my friend works in the local community, but all immigrants from outside will go to them to register. She has a deep impression on this person, about 1.7 meters five , the skin is very dark, he doesn't talk much, there is a scar on his face, and his voice is hoarse when he speaks, as if his vocal cords have been injured. And the ID card he registered is from our Lincheng City. The most important point is that he is in There is almost no contact with the people around him, and he has been alone for several years, living in seclusion."

Shen Chen frowned. After all, for him, all they knew about his father's informant was his name, and even Feng Hu didn't know his specific information, so it made them look for a needle in a haystack.

Now hearing Qiu Yuzhen talk about this person's appearance, Shen Chen felt that it was somewhat similar to what Feng Hu said.

"Mom, did you ask where he lives now?"

"Ask, here, and there is his phone number on it."

Shen Chen's eyes widened: "That friend of yours actually remembered his phone number?"

"What are you thinking? She can remember the address, but she called her colleague to check the phone number in front of me. I thought this person might be the one you were looking for, so I asked her to help I'm busy with this."

She handed Shen Chen a note with an address and a mobile phone number written on it.

Shen Chen said thank you and went into the study.

Knowing that her son probably went to call Liao Yuancheng, Qiu Yuzhen didn't say much. She turned on the phone and started working again, continuing to knit her sweater.

In fact, Qiu Yuzhen's eyes are not very good. Shen Chen objected to her continuing to knit sweaters. Shen Shen said that the cost of knitting a sweater by herself is not much cheaper than buying one, and it hurts her eyes, and it is not good for her shoulders and neck.But Qiu Yuzhen just didn't listen, she said that Shen Shen's father liked to wear the sweaters she knitted, how could the sweaters bought outside be as warm as the ones she wove?

Shen Shen knows that this is not a question of whether it is warm or not. The reason why his father said this is because what is really warm in the sweater knitted by his mother is the deep love.

After closing the door, Shen Shen took out his mobile phone, hesitated for a moment, and called the phone number on the note.

The phone rang twice before it was connected.

"Hello!" The other party's voice was hoarse, and it should be the Liao Yuancheng that his mother was talking about.

"Hello, are you Mr. Liao Yuancheng?" Shen Chen asked very politely.

Liao Yuancheng on the phone was silent for a few seconds: "Who are you?"

He seems to be very vigilant, no wonder, if he is really that Liao Yuancheng, who has to leave Lincheng for some reason, he will definitely be full of calls from Qianzhou Province, especially from Lincheng at this time. vigilant.

Shen Chen said: "Mr. Liao, my surname is Shen, and my name is Shen Chen."

Shen Chen introduced himself, but he didn't directly say his father's name.

He felt that the other party's breathing was a little rough.

Liao Yuancheng finally spoke: "Are you Shen He's son?"

Shen Chen let out a long breath, it seems that his mother really helped him find Liao Yuancheng.

It is true that the flowers are planted intentionally and the flowers will not bloom, but the willows are planted unintentionally to make shade.

At this time, Shen Shen felt like he had hit a big luck.

"Yes, I have heard my father mention you." Shen Shen did not deny it.

Liao Yuancheng didn't say anything more on the phone, and only left a sentence: "I will arrive in Lincheng in a week, and I will contact you again!" After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone directly.

Liao Yuancheng wanted to return to Lincheng.

This is indeed good news for Shen Shen.

Liao Yuancheng said that he would contact him, Shen Chen felt that Liao Yuancheng seemed to be waiting together, waiting for a chance to come back.Could it be that he was waiting for this call from himself?Impossible?How did Liao Yuancheng know that he would call him?

Suddenly, Shen Shen rushed out of the study and ran to Qiu Yuzhen: "Mom, which hotel does that friend of yours live in? I want to see her." Qiu Yuzhen didn't know why Shen Shen was so surprised, she asked with some doubts: " What's wrong?"

Shen Chen said: "I just want to meet her and ask her a few questions face to face."

Naturally, Qiu Yuzhen would not hide anything from her son, so she told him about the hotel, and then she called her friend herself. Although the friend was not surprised, she asked Shen Chen to meet her at the hotel.

After hanging up the phone, Qiu Yuzhen felt suspicious: "Shen Zi, tell Mom, what's going on?"

Shen Chen wryly smiled: "Your friend probably didn't drop by to see you. The main purpose of her trip was to find you, and she was also sending us a message for Liao Yuancheng."

Qiu Yuzhen was a little puzzled.

Shen Chen said: "She should have been entrusted by Liao Yuancheng. She deliberately mentioned Liao Yuancheng in front of you, just to see your reaction and see if we are looking for him. If we don't care about this name , then there will be nothing next, and Liao Yuancheng may never take the initiative to contact us again."

Qiu Yuzhen still didn't understand.

Shen Chen said: "Liao Yuancheng should have been waiting for news from us. Maybe his leaving Lincheng was some kind of agreement between him and my dad, so he should have some evidence in his hands. My dad After he passed away, he didn't know what to do. Maybe he received news from some sources, knew about my current situation, and knew that I was still investigating my dad's case. He was waiting for this day, so he used this way to get closer to us."

Qiu Yuzhen was not stupid, and soon she figured out the key.

Qiu Yuzhen said: "If we don't have much reaction to his name, it means that your dad didn't tell anyone about him, so he won't have to do anything else and live the rest of his life in peace. .”

"It's kind of like this. I think my dad should have made an agreement with him. Whether my dad's case is investigated or not, the initiative is likely to be mine. If I investigate, then I will not let Liao Yuancheng go. If If I take the initiative to call him, he will follow my wishes and investigate the case. If I don’t call him, it means that I have given up the investigation of my dad’s case, so he won’t be too troublesome , live the rest of my life with peace of mind."

Qiu Yuzhen sighed: "If it's really like what you said, then your father was really in trouble at the time. It's not that he wants to hand over the initiative to you, but that he doesn't know what to do. You should not be allowed to continue the investigation."

Smiling deeply, he believed that his guess should be seven or eight out of ten.

Shen Chen soon came to the hotel. He came alone. He didn't think it was necessary for his mother to get involved in this kind of thing.

"Old Liao really saw you right." The woman closed the door, then picked up a bottle of mineral water and handed it to Shen Chen, who took it and put it on the table.

Shen Chen said: "If my guess is correct, Auntie, the relationship between you and Liao Yuancheng should be very unusual, right?"

The woman nodded: "Old Liao came to Yantai from Lincheng to join me, and no one knows his identity."

Shen Shen smiled: "That's why I find it strange. My mother said that you are responsible for the registration of foreign population, but I haven't found any information about Liao Yuancheng living in Yantai in the police department's system."

"You are really smart. I thought this would be gone, but who knows, I let you see it." The woman kept looking at Shen Shen's face: "Like, you and your father do look alike .”

Shen Chen made her look a little embarrassed.

The woman smiled again: "I like to blush just like your father."

Shen Chen was even more embarrassed.

The woman sighed for a long time: "I didn't expect that the farewell back then would be a forever farewell. If I had known, I would not have left Lincheng."

Shen Chen felt that what this woman said was a little strange.

The woman looked at him: "Do you know the relationship between me and your parents?"

"My mother said you are very good friends!"

"She's right. We used to be best friends who talked about everything, but we fell in love with a man at the same time. This man is your father. At that time, I made an appointment with your mother to pursue your father together. Of course, come on Fair competition, whoever catches up with her, your mother will win in the end. But this has not affected the relationship between me and your mother, and your father and your mother still regard me as their best friend. "

Shen Chen was stunned for a moment, he never thought that his parents would have such a bloody love drama.

The woman said: "My name is Xia Lan, you can call me Aunt Lan."

"Aunt Lan!" Shen Shen naturally respected the woman in front of him.

"It's just that I couldn't pass my own test, so I went to Yantai, where I met my husband. It was only after we got married that I found out that I was barren and I couldn't give him a son. Half-daughter, this is an intolerable thing for them. In their view, it is a very unfilial thing to have no children, so I divorced him. After that, I have been living alone. Good."

Shen Chen didn't expect Aunt Lan to have such an experience, he didn't speak because he didn't know what to say.

Aunt Lan smiled at him: "I've been alone for so many years, I've gotten used to it. Well, I know what you really care about is that Liao Yuancheng, so let's talk about this Liao Yuancheng now. He came to Yantai three years ago Yes, he found me right away. He said he knew I had the ability to help him hide there for a while. It was naturally because of your father that he was able to find me. Your father asked him to come to me. Even so, I will not refuse his request."

"At that time my father had already left." Shen Shen was a little sad.

Aunt Lan nodded: "Yes, at that time I knew very well that there must be a secret hidden in this Liao Yuancheng, a secret that has a lot to do with your father's case. One day your father's case will be revealed."