Chapter 145 The Xu family must have a secret
Light rain has been falling for half a day, making the leaden sky in the afternoon even more dull. On weekdays, the streets of the small town are deserted, and there are only a few customers in the cafe.
Lin Mochen was sitting in the cafe, and there was a mist outside the glass window.
Suddenly, the wind chime on the wooden door rang softly, and the man walked into the cafe with his head lowered. He didn't hold an umbrella, but just patted the water stains on his body.
"Here."
Lin Mochen raised his hand and waved to the man.
The man raised his head and revealed a handsome dark face. He walked quickly to Lin Mochen, pulled out a chair and sat down.
"I'm sorry I'm late, brother-in-law, how is Xiaoyu lately?"
Xu Shujie was wearing a white T-shirt, a black peaked cap, and a pair of black headphones hanging around his neck. He was still dressed casually, which was completely different from Lin Mochen, who was wearing a shirt and trousers.
"It's good. Let's see what we can drink first."
Lin Mochen pushed the menu in front of Xu Shujie. Xu Shujie yawned and waved his hand casually, "No need to read, hello! A cup of black coffee."
He smiled slightly and said, "Brother-in-law is so busy at work. It's rare that you take the initiative to ask me out. Tell me! What's the matter?"
Before Lin Mochen could speak, Xu Shujie said to himself, "What happened last time... Xiaoyu was very angry, right?"
Lin Mochen was silent, "...well, as long as it has something to do with Uncle Xu, her emotional reaction will be stronger."
Xu Shujie pursed his lips and sighed, "Brother-in-law, can you say something nice to me in front of Xiao Yu when you have time? She has blocked all my contact information, and I am too embarrassed to go to her. I really don't know about the house. Got it.”
"I won't get involved in the matter between you and Xiao Yu. The main reason for asking you out today is this."
Lin Mochen took out a piece of paper and put it on the table and pushed it to Xu Shujie. Xu Shujie, who had been lying on the back of the chair, slowly straightened up and said with a smile,
"Hey! What is this! So mysterious?"
When he picked up the note and looked at it, he was stunned.
There was a name and a phone number clearly written on the piece of paper.
Chang Mengsong: 09xx-xxxxxx.
Xu Shujie said nothing, but Lin Mochen knew from his expression that he had guessed correctly.
"I called the phone and it was Mr. Chang who answered it in person. He asked me if it was a gift from God, Chen Tianci."
Hearing these words, Xu Shujie subconsciously retracted his hand. The note was thrown into the air with the man's movements, and then slowly fell from the air as if he suddenly lost his life.
Xu Shujie looked at Lin Mochen with a complicated expression. Different from his previous casualness, his expression was obviously becoming more and more serious.
After a long while, he took a deep breath and said, "How much do you know about Chen Tianci."
"Uncle Chang is a policeman in BC County, but he has retired, and Chen Tianci should be the son of Mr. Chen Su, a staff member of the Kyrgyz Cultural Management Office, born in 1992."
"Brother Shujie was born in 1992, too."
Lin Mochen's eyes were blazing, and his tone of voice was not a test. It was obvious that he already knew something.
If even Lin Mochen knows about it, does it mean that Xiao Yu also knows about it?
The more he thought about it, the more blood vessels in his brain seemed to swell and burst, and his body gradually became colder.
Xu Shujie tried his best to stay calm, but he no longer dared to look into Lin Mochen's sharp gaze.
The clock on the wall was ticking, time was passing silently, and Lin Mochen was still waiting for his answer.
He was on pins and needles and couldn't stay in the cafe for another second.
"Wow——"
Xu Shujie stood up from his seat and asked, "Have you told Xiao Yu?"
Seeing Xu Shujie's panic, Lin Mochen calmed down. It was obvious that he had made the right bet.
The Xu family must have a secret.
And Xu Shujie must know this secret. After sending Xu Jiayu home, he began to sort out Uncle Xu's belongings and found a phone number named Officer Chang on a yellowed notebook.
The handwriting on the notebook is either Aunt Meng's or He Guifang's.
He couldn't remember what Aunt Meng's handwriting looked like, but he inferred from the style of the notebook that it belonged to He Guifang.
Turning to the back page, he saw those familiar data, which happened to match the data on Uncle Xu's multiple remittance orders, which further confirmed his guess.
The laptop was old, and Lin Mochen was not sure whether the landline phone was still in use, so he called it with the intention of giving it a try. The number turned out to be the landline number of the BC County Police Station.
Lin Mochen said that he wanted to call Officer Chang. After the other party was stunned, a young man answered the phone.
The young man’s surname was also Chang. After explaining his purpose, the young police officer Chang sighed and gave him a mobile phone number.
After the call was connected, the other party was obviously very excited. “I kept asking him if he was Chen Tianci, why he had not been heard from since he left, and how He Guifang is doing now.”
After hearing the words "Chen Tianci", Uncle Xu's diary suddenly flashed in Lin Mochen's mind.
When he and Xu Jiayu were reading the diary that day, he had seen the name "Chen Tianci" in the diary.
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The diary was written by Uncle Xu in 1994.
[BC Kirzi Cultural Management Office, Chen Su, 29 years old, and Chen Tianci, 2 years old. 】
Xu Jiayu's mood was unstable that day when we read the diary together. He didn't read any more except this sentence. Unexpectedly, it became the key to uncovering the secret.
"Not yet." Lin Mochen raised his hand and checked the time, "But I'm going to pick her up from get off work later. It's entirely up to you whether you tell her or not."
After receiving a positive answer, Xu Shujie slumped down in his chair. He picked up the coffee cup and took a big sip. His uncontrollable trembling made the coffee cup clank.
He put down the coffee cup, took off his peaked cap, and ran his hands along his cheeks into his hair. His ten fingers curled up hard and pulled countless black hairs.
The look on his face seemed to be making a final struggle.
After an unknown amount of time, Xu Shujie suddenly raised his head, his eyes not as bright as before. The fatigue made him look ten years older in an instant.
"It's a big deal, and I don't know many things about it. I need time to sort it out."
……
After a period of silence, Xu Shujie asked softly in a begging tone, "Dr. Lin, before that, can you please not tell Xiao Yu?"
*
Just this morning, after Shen Ping solemnly stated that she would no longer have any apprentices, Gao Heng knocked on the door of the lounge.
He said that after instructions from the leader, he was asked to come to the mission department to familiarize himself with the history of cultural relics in the museum, and to find a master who was proficient in the business to guide him.
As soon as these words came out, Xu Jiayu was stunned, Shen Ping was also stunned, Zheng Yunyun stopped crying, and the entire lounge fell into silent silence.
Xu Jiayu looked at the cheerful boy with a playful smile in front of him in silence, and sighed, "You go back to the exhibition department first. I will ask Director Gao about the relevant matters before making any plans."
She turned around and left, but Gao Heng's voice sounded behind her.
"Xu Jiayu, I do like you! But I know that you have given up that idea after getting married. Can you not distinguish between public and private affairs?"
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