Half an hour later, Xu Li greeted with a smile another person who was interested in taking over the cattery.
After looking around, the other party made an offer very readily, and the deal was finally completed at a price of 500,000.
When signing the transfer contract, Xu Li still felt it was a little unreal. After all, the price offered by the potential takeover parties was only around 300,000.
She felt that it was very likely that the transfer notice she wrote on a whim had worked!
The agreement was signed, the money and the goods were paid, and she had nothing to do with the cattery anymore.
Feeling somewhat disappointed, she pulled the next store owner aside with red eyes and told him:
"Please be kind to them. They are very well behaved."
...
After explaining everything, Xu Li left with her bag on her back, looking back every few steps.
After she left, the new store owner made a phone call , " Mr. Zhao, the property has been acquired."
Here, in the office of the executive president of Zhou Group, Zhao Zhe, who received the news, reported it to Zhou Dingyu who was reviewing documents.
Of course, some details were also reported.
The man put down his pen and chuckled, but there was a hint of tenderness in his peach blossom eyes.
He sneered , " You can't even protect yourself, and you're still worrying about the lives of those little things."
At this moment, the cell phone on the coffee table rang, and Zhou Dingyu turned his head to take a look.
Zhao Zhe trotted over and picked up the phone , " Boss Zhou, it's Boss Wei calling."
Zhou Dingyu waved his hand and Zhao Zhe handed the phone over.
Answer the call.
I don't know what was said on the other end. Zhou Dingyu frowned and said "Hmm" lazily , " I know."
After ending the call, he pressed his eyebrows and told Zhao Zhe , " Cancel the schedule on Friday afternoon and go to Yucheng High School."
--
Two days later in the morning.
It was Friday.
Cafe.
Xu Li successfully made an appointment with Xiao Zhang, the assistant of the famous lawyer Mr. Fu.
She carefully checked the agreement and contract brought by the other party. The official seal at the end was clear and should not be fake.
She signed her name and put her fingerprints neatly, and transferred the 500,000 yuan from the sale of the cattery to the other party as a deposit for the lawyer's fees.
While wiping the red ink on his fingertips, he asked Assistant Zhang , " When will Lawyer Fu be able to return from abroad?"
Assistant Zhang replied , " If it's fast, it will take about a week. If it's slow, it will probably take more than half a month. Attorney Fu is going to attend an international legal elite seminar, which is very important, so it will take longer."
Xu Li nodded, and in her heart she was more convinced of the professional ability of Lawyer Fu, whom she had never met before.
It seems that there is hope that my mother's injustice will be vindicated.
While it was still early, she made an appointment with the prison authorities to visit the prison.
I want to tell my mother this good news so that she will have hope.
--
prison.
Behind the iron bars, Qin Suliu, dressed in prison clothes, sat there woodenly, lifeless.
In just a few months, her hair turned mostly white and she became so thin that she almost lost all recognition.
Xu Li's heart ached.
How could this still be the mother who was always energetic and glamorous?
Xu Li tried hard to control the tears in her eyes , " Mom ... "
Qin Suliu opened her dry and lifeless eyes and murmured weakly , " Lili ... it's not me ... it's really not me ... "
Xu Li knew what her mother meant. She touched her mother's face through the glass and said firmly , " Mom, I believe you."
It is impossible for a mother to kill a father.
It is even more unlikely that my mother has a lover outside.
Xu Li just believed it.
When Qin Suliu heard her daughter say this, tears welled up in her dry eyes:
"I explained it countless times, but they just didn't believe me! That day, the nanny Liu went back to her hometown, and I cooked in the kitchen myself. I wanted to make braised spareribs, but there was no soy sauce at home, so I went to the supermarket downstairs to buy some. When I came back, your father was lying ... "
Having said this, Qin Suliu covered her mouth with her hands, tears flowing out from between her fingers, as if she was recalling something that had caused her great pain and horror.
Xu Li's heart ached even more. She touched her mother's face again and again through the glass, trying to wipe away the tears on her face:
"Mom, I believe it wasn't you. You two are so in love, how could you possibly kill Dad?"
Hearing this, Qin Suliu buried her head in her chest and cried bitterly.
The crying was filled with despair and sorrow.
It seems like he doesn’t understand why a good life has turned out like this?
It's more like being unable to accept the sudden and tragic departure of a loved one.
Xu Li just looked at her mother quietly, her heart aching as if it was fried in oil.
"Mom, I have already filed an appeal after the first trial, and now I have found a well-known lawyer who can help you clear your name."
"He promised to do his best. I will get you out. You have to trust me, okay?"
Qin Suliu raised her head, her eyes were red and swollen with tears in them, and nodded.
Then he clenched his fists and took a breath:
"Lili, remember, mom has never done anything wrong to your dad. The man who claims to be my lover, no matter what evidence he produces, he is lying!"
Xu Li bit her lower lip tightly, secretly took her mother's words into account, and nodded heavily.
Perhaps she thought of something, Qin Suliu looked at Xu Li, a little hesitant:
"When something like this happened to our family, what was the Zhou family's attitude ... did the Zhou family ... help?"
What Qin Suliu is most worried about now is that this incident will affect her daughter's engagement with Zhou Huaian.
In order to reassure her mother, Xu Li decided to tell a white lie:
"Mom, the Zhou family helped. They found the lawyer this time. Huai'an is busy lately and can't spare the time. He also said he would come to see you when he has time."
Seeing that her daughter was not bearing all this alone, Qin Suliu's sadness finally faded a little, and she pursed her lips in relief:
"That's good ... That's good ... Lili, tell him that he doesn't need to go to the trouble of coming to see me. He is a good boy, and I appreciate your kindness."
After a pause, he said, "Also, take care of yourself and your brother while you're out there."
Xu Li swallowed the sourness in her throat, pursed her lips, forced a smile, and nodded.
--
After coming out of prison, Xu Li, immersed in grief, was thinking about her mother's case.
The words of the court ruling are still vivid in my mind:
"After review, the evidence of the 2.18 murder case is sufficient. Due to the serious nature of the case, the first instance verdict is as follows: the suspect Qin Suliu is sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, and the assistant to the crime, Yao Dongchen, is sentenced to ten years in prison ... "
Yao Dongchen is the man who claims to be his mother's so-called "lover".
He also insisted that he had an improper relationship with his mother and claimed that his mother discussed with him and planned to kill his father.
Now the other party has been imprisoned.
It’s not that Xu Li didn’t try to meet with that person, but the prison authorities told her that the other party refused to meet with anyone other than a lawyer.
Xu Li vaguely felt that the other party might be a breakthrough.
When Lawyer Fu comes back from abroad, she will find a way to meet with Yao Dongchen no matter what.
--
After returning home, Xu Li was so exhausted that she curled up on the narrow sofa and fell asleep.
I had a lot of bizarre dreams.
In the dream, my father was still there, smiling and attending his wedding.
The white wedding dress was spread on the red carpet. My father held my hand and stopped in front of a tall figure, then handed his hand to him.
My father said , " Huaian, I leave Lili to you."
The figure turned around and stretched out his hand. The Buddhist beads on his wrist reflected a cold fluorescence under the light.
Xu Li was startled, and when she looked up she saw that the man was not Zhou Huaian.
But ... Zhou Dingyu!
The man took his hand, revealed a handsome and seductive smile, and nodded to his father , " I couldn't ask for more."
Xu Li was extremely shocked in her dream. She wanted to tell her father that the person she was going to marry was Zhou Huaian, not this guy, but she couldn't open her mouth.
When I turned around, I saw that my father had let go of my hand and was standing there covered in blood, moving further and further away from me.
Finally, it shrank into a white dot of light and finally disappeared.
Xu Li shook off Zhou Dingyu's hand, picked up the hem of her wedding dress and chased after him frantically, finally uttering a voice , " Dad! Dad, come back!!"
Waking up from a nightmare!
Accompanied by a rapid phone call, Xu Li suddenly sat up from the bed!
After a long pause, until the ringing was about to stop, she calmed her violently heaving chest and answered the phone.
As soon as the call was connected, a serious voice came from the other end , " Are you Xu Shiyan's parent? I'm his class teacher."
Xu Li immediately sat up straight, with a positive attitude , " Hello, teacher, I am Xu Shiyan's sister, how can I ... "
The teacher's tone was slightly angry:
"You should come to school right away! Xu Shiyan has committed a crime and has been arrested by the school's teaching department!"
Xu Li's brain buzzed , " I'll be there right away!"
After hanging up the phone, Xu Li hurried to Yucheng High School.
As Xu Li's only younger brother, Xu Shiyan is nine years younger than her. He has always been an excellent student and has always been ranked among the top three in his grade.Moreover, Xu Shiyan not only has excellent academic performance, but also has musical talent. His parents have spent a lot of money to train him to learn musical instruments and vocal music, and he has also served as the school's literary and artistic backbone for many years.Xu Li didn’t know what this child, who could be called “other people’s child” by other parents, had done wrong that made the teacher call her.*Yucheng High School.The sky was dark with gloomy clouds.Xu Li arrived in a hurry and knocked on the door of the teaching office without even having time to catch her breath.As soon as the door opened, the two young men standing inside with their heads down turned their heads at the same time and stared at the door eagerly, like stray dogs.
At the school gate.Zhou Dingyu put one hand in his pocket and glared coldly at Qin Ziang who came out carrying a schoolbag.Qin Ziang shrank his neck guiltily."cousin ... "Zhou Dingyu was too lazy to pay attention to him , " Can't you let your mother worry less?"Qin Ziang said with disdain , " I have already given Ms. Zhou enough peace of mind. Her heart is all on her career and those wild men outside. She doesn't give me a cent."Zhou Dingyu kicked him directly , " You ungrateful bastard."Watching Qin Ziang rubbing his butt and getting into the car with a grin on his face.Zhou Dingyu held a cigarette in his mouth.Although his cousin is thirteen years younger than him, his situation is not much better than his.His mother and father divorced when he was three years old. After the divorce, his mother, Ms. Zhou Ningwei, took care of the family business for her father. She was like a madman, and transformed herse
Hearing Xu Shiyan's sudden question, Xu Li's throat quickly rolled, she gathered her clothes and walked towards the stairs , " No."Xu Shiyan followed and asked intuitively , " Do you know Zhou Dingyu?"Xu Li slipped and almost tripped herself.She asked calmly , " Why do you ask?""Sixth sense."No one knows a sister better than her brother. Xu Shiyan is an extremely sensitive person. Just now in the car, she subconsciously felt that her sister and Zhou Dingyu seemed to have an unusual relationship.Xu Li's head was buzzing, and it took her a long time to come up with an excuse:"Oh, not really. We knew each other when we were kids.""When I was a kid?"Xu Li nodded , " It was probably when I was six years old, and you weren't born yet. During the summer vacation, my dad invited me to stay at Zhou's house, and I played with him.""I've never heard you mention it before." Xu Shiyan frowned slightly, "Then you two sho
Xu Li was looking at the text message sent by the man and her head was buzzing.At that time, in the suburban manor, Zhou Dingyu, who was drunk, was leaning on the leather sofa, rubbing his eyebrows.He just got home after a social event.I was exhausted and was about to take a rest when a text message from the woman popped up.Judging from the literal meaning, she was pleading for a friend of hers.Originally, he didn't mind doing her a favor.But at this moment, looking at the conspicuous red exclamation mark in the WeChat dialog box, Zhou Dingyu was almost laughing out of anger.It was the first time that someone deleted his WeChat account.It was still her.Zhou Dingyu crossed his long legs, adjusted his posture, touched the tip of his tongue to his back teeth, lowered his head, typed a line of words and sent it via text message."Come here, I'll give you a chance to explain to me face to face."His bony fi
The cat named "Congratulations" seemed to really understand Zhou Dingyu's words, and rubbed against his arms like a spoiled child.Congratulations?Xu Li instantly remembered the three cats named Fa Cai, Da Ji and Da Li that Zhou Yingzhi had mentioned when they were at Zhou’s house.It seems that this one should have some connection with them.She cleared her throat and looked towards the man.The man was wearing a linen home suit and had a tall and slender figure.He must have just taken a shower, his hair was not completely dry yet, and it hung softly in front of his forehead, weakening his aggressiveness.The atmosphere of a good family man is strong.It actually gave Xu Li the illusion that he was always easy-going.But this illusion was quickly dispelled, as the man shifted his gaze away from the cat and looked down at her with a lazy and distant attitude.The first thing he said was a low voice that was dull bu
Zhou Dingyu's tone was serious, as if he wanted to teach Xu Li some important survival skill.Xu Li's lips curved in self-mockery.At this moment, pleasing him and currying favor with him are indeed the survival skills she should master.She took a breath and said obediently, "Okay."After saying this, Zhou Dingyu stood up from the sofa and slowly walked towards her.The man's hair had dried out and was no longer soft and limp. It had regained its cold and hard shape and sharp aura, giving off a full sense of oppression.Every time he took a step closer to Xu Li, Xu Li's heart trembled.Until he stopped just an inch away from her, leaned over, and his tall body cast her in shadow.Zhou Dingyu , " Let me demonstrate it first, and you can feel it carefully, okay?"Hearing this, Xu Li's face flushed and she nodded with red cheeks.Her shy and obedient look in Zhou Dingyu's eyes aroused a certain hidden desire to destroy
Zhou Dingyu did not respond. He took another puff of his cigarette, and his voice became lazy and hoarse as he puffed out smoke:"It's hard to get a taxi here. I'll ask Zhao Zhe to take you."Xu Li did not refuse. She nodded to Zhou Dingyu and went out.But as soon as I went out, my legs and feet felt weak again, as if I was stepping on cotton, and felt a little weak.She felt a nameless anger in her heart and her eyes turned red because of grievance.I don't know where he got so much energy to do so many different things for so long.But when she thought about getting 1.5 million in one night, she gritted her teeth and was not so angry anymore.He moved step by step to the stairs and went down holding the handrail.Zhao Zhe was already waiting at the entrance of the villa. Seeing Xu Li walking strangely, he didn't dare to look at her any more. He helped her open the car door and handed her a paper bag."Ms. Xu, Mr. Zhou a
Xu Li cleared her throat, glanced at Xu Shiyan who was looking at her, and knocked on the table calmly , " Eat quickly, and do your homework after you finish eating."After saying that, he stood up and went back to his room.His fingers danced on the phone keyboard, and he began to weave white lies and send them to Cai Cai——"No, it was raining yesterday and I was riding in Xu Shiyan's car. I accidentally left something very important in his car. He found it at night and sent me a WeChat message to tell me to pick it up when I had time.""Then he found out I had deleted him, and got my phone number from somewhere, and called me to ask what I meant.""Well, I felt embarrassed, so I took the initiative to add him again, and to apologize, I posted that content on WeChat Moments."After sending this message, there was silence for a moment, and then a reply came:"Really? Didn't he force you to post that on WeChat Moments?"Xu Li , "