Original sin

Liu Bai was sitting in the room, it was already dark outside, but the lights in the room were not turned on.

The cigarette box on the table was empty again, and the ashtray was already full of cigarette butts.

He had never smoked before, but today he smoked a full two packs of cigarettes all day.

He was coughing and wheezing while smoking. He actually didn't like the feeling of smoking. It was very choking and uncomfortable, and even made his nose and tears come out, but at this moment he felt that he didn't know what else he could do besides smoking. up.

He was thinking about Tao Min, and he didn't know how Tao Min was doing now, and whether he would suffer any grievances in the police station.

The phone rang, and he picked it up to take a look. It was Wang Chaoyi calling.

Liu Bai's body trembled uncontrollably. Wang Chaoyi called himself at this time, probably because he already knew about Tao Min's surrender. Could it be that he came to Xingshi to inquire about the crime?Ye Qingzhu was his wife, and Ye Qingzhu's death would definitely make him very angry and very angry.

How should I face Wang Chaoyi?

Although his heart was pounding, he still answered the phone.

"Teacher!" Liu Bai called softly.

On the other side of the phone, Wang Chaoyi was silent for a few seconds, and then said, "I've heard about Tao Min, do you have time? Let's have a drink somewhere."

Liu Bai didn't expect that Wang Chao would ask him to drink for a while, how could he have the desire to drink at this time?But he didn't refuse, and he didn't know how to refuse.

Wang Chaoyi made an appointment at a small bar not too far from Liu Bai's house.

When Liu Bai arrived, Wang Chaoyi hadn't arrived yet, so he found a place to sit down, and then told the waiter that Wang Chaoyi would invite him if he came.

Liu Bai ordered a bottle of foreign wine, which he knew Wang Huanyi liked.

Then I asked for some snacks with wine.

This is a small booth, Liu Bai started smoking again after ordering something.

"Why, have you learned to smoke?" A voice came from behind, and Liu Bai quickly stood up, because he knew it was Wang Chaoyi without looking back, and of course his teacher could hear his voice.

"Teacher, please sit down." He was about to snuff out the cigarette in his hand, Wang Huan waved his hand: "Smoke yours, leave me alone, I will smoke a few occasionally."

As soon as Wang Huan sat down, the waiter brought wine and snacks, and Liu Bai poured a glass for Wang Huan himself.

"This wine is not bad." Wang Chaoyi praised softly, and Liu Bai echoed: "I ordered it just for you."

"Xiao Liu, you have a heart."

Liu Bai picked up the cup and wanted to say something, but found that he didn't know what to say at this moment.

Wang Chao immediately clinked glasses with him, then drank the wine with his neck up, put down the glass and said to Liu Bai who was in a daze, "If you don't know what to say, just don't say anything, just drink."

Liu Bai smiled wryly, and drank the wine.

Wang Chao pursed his lips, as if he was savoring the wine, he took a few sips before saying: "Good wine."

Liu Bai licked him again, and he said slowly, "Xiao Liu, what is going on with Xiao Min?"

Liu Bai didn't know how to explain it to Wang Chao, so he simply shook his head: "I don't know either."

Wang Chao glanced at him: "Do you feel a little ashamed of me because of Ye Qingzhu's matter?"

Liu Bai nodded, it would be a lie to say that he was worthy of Wang Chaoyi, although Wang Chaoyi didn't really treat him very much when he was in college, but Wang Chaoyi was his mentor anyway, and he could Today's achievements are more or less due to Wang Chaoyi's halo.

But Wang Chaoyi said: "There is no need to have such thoughts. Do you know why Ye Qingzhu ran away from home? It was because of our quarrel. She even proposed to divorce me, and I agreed. Woman, she is insatiable, I think she has followed Chang Qing's example."

Wang Chaoyi's mood seemed to fluctuate a little.

Liu Bai frowned, he didn't understand what Wang Chaoyi wanted to say, Wang Chaoyi said again: "Do you always think that I treat Chang Qing better than you? Do you think that Chang Qing is better than you? So I will favor him more?"

Liu Bai didn't deny it, he nodded vigorously, and as soon as Wang Chao didn't clink glasses with Liu Bai this time, he drank the wine himself and refilled it himself: "Actually, I value you more, not because Chang Qing is gone. Said, I know, Chang Qing has been using your works as his own in the past few years, so that his grades are even better than yours in the four years of college. But don't forget, I am your teacher, Is his work created by himself, can he deceive others, can he deceive me? I know how much Chang Qing has, but why have I never revealed it? And why did I persuade you in the middle after you graduate? You two started this music studio together? Have you ever thought about why?"

Liu Bai was really stunned this time. Originally, he thought that Wang Chaoyi didn't know about Xie Changqing's use of his work. Xie Changqing had deceived Wang Chaoyi during the whole university.Now it seems that he thought Wang Chaoyi was too simple. Wang Chaoyi was right. As their teacher, how could he fail to see that Xie Changqing's works were always made by himself? Then why did Wang Chaoyi Why do you want to indulge Xie Changqing like this?

Isn't this fueling Xie Changqing's unhealthy tendencies?

Wang Chaoyi sighed for a long time: "You have a high IQ, but your EQ is worrying. I am your teacher, and I see both your strengths and weaknesses. That's right. , you are a good seedling with extremely high musical talent, but you only see music in your heart, and you don’t take everything outside seriously. You seem to be living in a vacuum. There was nothing in school, but after leaving school, have you thought about how you can continue to fulfill your music dream? Go to a certain cultural unit and be busy with those mundane affairs every day, so you don’t even have time to create. And Xie Changqing Well, he has a smart brain, and he knows how to make music into a commodity and get benefits from it. This is what I value about him. In my opinion, you are simple and sophisticated, and you can complement each other completely. Make a The music studio can not only ensure that you can put most of your thoughts on the music creation you are obsessed with, but also support yourself through music, and even lead a rich life. This is the road paved by the teacher for you .”

Liu Bai has never really thought about this issue, because he will choose to turn a blind eye to everything that affects his creation.

"Seeing that your studio is doing very well, I am very happy for you. Of course, I also know that Xie Changqing has various shortcomings, such as greed, eager for quick success, likes to play some small tricks, and sometimes even does some things for money. Things that violate the principle, and he can't control himself when it comes to the relationship between men and women, cough cough..."

Speaking of this, Wang Chaoyi coughed a few times, Liu Bai looked at him, thinking in his heart, whether Wang Chaoyi knew about the affair between Ye Qingzhu and Xie Changqing, and how he would feel if he knew.

"In fact, the relationship between me and Qingzhu has already had problems. Just after she and Xie Changqing got very close, I am not afraid of your jokes. I feel that the relationship between her and Xie Changqing is a bit abnormal. One is my woman. , the other is my favorite student, you know? When I have such doubts, I really want to kill them!"

Liu Bai's eyes widened. He really didn't expect that Wang Chaoyi would have known about this a long time ago, but he always pretended to be okay.

"Do you know why I have to bear it? For the sake of my old face, to be honest, I still admire Xiao Min for daring to do such a thing. I even feel that I should be grateful to her. She did what I wanted but Things that can’t be done. I called you here today because I don’t want you to have any mental burdens, alas, if I knew this was the case, I should have helped you go abroad earlier.”

Liu Bai has been hesitating, he is thinking whether he should tell Wang Chaoyi the truth of the matter, he hopes that Wang Chaoyi can help him make up an idea, his heart is very bitter, he doesn't know who to tell, he can only be alone Hold it in your heart.

"Teacher, there is something I don't know whether I should say."

Wang Chao gave him a blank look: "Xiao Liu, the teacher has told you everything now, with all your heart and soul, but you don't know whether you should say it or not? If you have anything to say, just say it, you know it too, teacher Without children, I can say that I treat you and Chang Qing as my own children, but I never thought that Chang Qing would do such a sad thing to me."

"Actually, Xiao Min is not the real murderer, she, she took the blame for me." Liu Bai lowered his head.

Wang Chaoyi didn't look too shocked, he had a calm face: "I knew it a long time ago, you must be very uncomfortable at this moment, right?"

Liu Bai nodded: "I'm thinking, I'm a man, but I want a woman who loves me to make such a huge sacrifice for me. Thinking about it, I feel very uncomfortable."

Wang Chaoyi sighed again: "Xiao Min is really a wonderful woman with love and righteousness."

"Teacher, I don't know what to do now. Xiao Min doesn't allow me to surrender again. She said that I can't save her like that, and she can't escape the punishment of the law either. At least she will have the crime of covering up and interfering in justice. "

Wang Chaoyi let out a "hmm", and then looked at Liu Bai: "Then what are you thinking now?"

"I want to save her."

Wang Chao was silent for a long time before he said: "It's not easy, unless you tell the truth to the police, but then she may not be able to regain her freedom. It is impossible for her to take the blame for you. .”

"Then, what should I do then?"

Wang Chao thought about it and said: "Let's see first, do you think she can really hide it from the police? I guess she can't even pass Shen Chen's test."

"The police also looked for me, but I didn't feel that they had any doubts about this matter."

Wang Chao smiled lightly and said, "That's why I said, your EQ is still a lot worse. Do you know why the police do this?"

Liu Bai really didn't know, he felt that when he was asked to think about these issues, he always felt that his brain was not enough.

Wang Chaoyi said: "Don't forget that, for the police, even if the murders of Xie Changqing and Ye Qingzhu were found, how can Liang Lan's death be explained? Song Yinghong's guy seems to have something to do with Liang Lan's matter, and a little singer is also involved, what's his name?"

Liu Bai replied, "Li Wenjing."

"Yes, Li Wenjing, I heard that she hasn't woken up until now. From the police's point of view, the cases of Xie Changqing and Ye Qingzhu are not isolated. They should be investigated together with the two cases of Liang Lan and Song Yinghong. , Xiao Liu, tell me frankly, does Liang Lan's matter have anything to do with you?"

"It doesn't matter at all. As the saying goes, no matter how she treats me later, I can't do such a thing to her. As for the little singer, it's even more impossible for me to do anything to her." Oh, and that Song Yinghong, I don't even know who he is." Liu Bai quickly argued.

"That's weird, I've always been curious about who killed Liang Lan, and you found out that without Liang Lan's death, I seemed to see a mysterious force, including the accidents of the little singer and Song Yinghong. But the question is what kind of power is this, and why did it appear on Liang Lan? Xiao Liu, do you really not know what Liang Lan has done?"

Liu Bai really wanted to cry, but he really didn't know anything about what happened after Liang Lan divorced him. He only knew that Liang Lan could make it, but he didn't expect that she could do it so well, that she gave herself to him. It's dead.

How did that sentence say, if you don't die, you won't die, but what happened to Liang Lan?

He shook his head, and Wang Chaoyi said again: "So we still have time. During this time, I will think of a way to see if I can get Xiao Min out. As for you, first adjust your Mentality, don’t be depressed, only when you cheer up can you calmly face everything that is about to happen. In addition, you must pay attention to safety during this period.”

Liu Bai's heart was full of gratitude. At this time, Wang Chaoyi was like a life-saving straw to him. At this moment, he realized that he had been blaming his teacher all along. Wang Chaoyi was really as he said, Treating himself as his child, he is putting himself in his own shoes.

He picked up the wine glass: "Teacher, I respect you for this glass. It was all my fault before. Sorry, I will punish myself first."

Liu Bai drank the wine in one breath, poured it again, wanted to say something, but couldn't say it, drank another glass, and every third glass was stopped by Wang Chaoyi: "Okay, if you do this again, you have to pour yourself over Alright, the teacher knows what's on your mind, you just need to remember the teacher's kindness to you, and this wine, drink slowly."

Not far away, Sister Lan watched everything here quietly, but she didn't know what the two of them were talking about.