Chapter 916
The trouble Luo Jiayang has caused is not the first in the past two and a half years.Previously, when Luo Binhan was outside the vision of civilized society, his frustrated uncle and aunt had let Luo Jiayang live alone outside and only paid the monthly rent.In fact, they also have an empty house in their name, but the long-term struggle has made the couple smarter.They were worried that Luo Jiayang would sell the house secretly.This is not just a loss of assets. After selling the house, you will have more money and more unpredictable risks.

It’s hard to imagine how they spent the past two years.Luo Binhan estimated that they would not dare to see his unstable son - if Luo Jiaotian had one tenth of Luo Jiayang's malice, Nan Mingguang would definitely find great fun in it.They tried their best to settle the problem with money and connections, just like throwing meat to a tiger in a cage.

In the darkest corner of Luo Binhan's heart, sometimes a ghostly voice would come out and say, this is the problem, this is the reason why babies grow into tigers.Ask a pair of honest parents why they discipline their son so badly.They may also blame themselves for overindulging.But in fact, this has nothing to do with weakness caused by love. It is just because they have not understood that even if you give life and breathing to something, your power to dominate and control it is still time-limited. ; You need to test performance, filter information, control the environment, adjust parameters... otherwise it will swerve at any time and develop based on unpredictable internal mechanisms.At this point, tinkering with a person is not that different from what Anthony Kent calls tinkering with a program.Luo Jiayang's parents thought that as long as they took care of three meals a day, their son would grow up naturally. However, a rare event happened, and they were shocked to find that they had raised a ferocious beast, a tiger with an instinct to attack people.

In a society governed by the rule of law, rational people can no longer kill tigers casually, but tigers bite people without scruples.They cannot open the cage and let the tiger go, otherwise the responsibility for hurting people will fall on them, but they themselves dare not offend the tiger, lest they be resented when they grow old and become weak.At this time, the owners' methods are always surprisingly similar, which is to introduce an external animal trainer.Just like the person Luo Binhan saw every day was Nan Mingguang, and Luo Jiayang's parents pushed him to the front of the cage.They don't care what techniques he will use, and they will never ask. As long as the tiger in the cage is calm, that's enough.

These thoughts must never be spoken out loud.Luo Binhan never told anyone, not even Zhou Yu. Although Luo Jiayang was such an insignificant role, it became an information black hole between him and Zhou Yu.Because just as Zhou Yu has the talent to pass through murder scenes all over the world, Luo Jiayang also has a talent that he is not aware of.A seething, bubbling, smelly quagmire not only pollutes itself, but always stirs up the ugliest, darkest, and most violent sides of others.

Luo Binhan first went to Luo Jiayang's parents' home.Taking advantage of the time to go upstairs, he had adjusted himself and entered his role.He pressed the doorbell with a sad and concerned expression that a good big brother should have. His uncle and aunt, with red eyes, welcomed him in enthusiastically. They asked him a few questions about his travels in the past two years as usual, and then said in a nonchalant way. Luo Jiayang's latest deeds.They said countless times that "Binhan is still sensible" and "knows how to be filial to adults." Luo Binhan also took the trouble to repeat how hard it was for them and how valuable the sacrifices involved were.Luo Jiayang is still young, still young, still young.Sooner or later he will understand.You will understand once you are married.If you are a parent, you will understand.Sooner or later he will repent and be moved.

This kind of conversation can calm the hearts of middle-aged parents, but it is very inefficient in substantively advancing work.There was very little truly useful information in the two hours of complaints and lamentations.On the one hand, Luo Binhan had to pretend that he was fully involved in his emotions, and on the other hand, he had to find a suitable opportunity to inquire about the situation.The reason gradually became clear; the beating happened two months ago. The other person's social role, regardless of his financial background, was no different from Luo Jiayang.The two sides got into a fight over which table the waitress should serve drinks to first, and it turned into a fight.In the end, Luo Jiayang won.

There is a sewage river in front of the bar. The upstream is an industrial area, which exudes a pungent smell all year round. In the area where the river is close to the entertainment street, a warning sign is erected high on the bridge, with bright red paint on it saying "Deep water, please do not use it." Down the river".Luo Jiayang led his gang, grabbed several opponents who were fighting with him, and threw them from the bridge into the river.

Luo Binhan calmly asked if he had drowned someone, or if there was something wrong with the drowning, but he didn't.It had not rained for a while, and the water flow in the river was slow. No one was in the river for more than half a minute.However, the bridge arch is nearly six meters away from the river, and the water in the river is only one and a half meters deep, and it is hardened with cement boards.Those who fell either broke their legs or knocked their heads.If the river was really deep enough to drown people, they might not be injured.

"Ah." Luo Binhan replied flatly, staring at the altar in the living room to avoid a sneer.

"No one was killed?" he asked. "What level of damage did the hospital classify?"

No one died.Only this is certain.But when it came to the extent of the damage, the parents had almost no clear words.They just complain pitifully that the other party is particularly powerful and difficult to deal with.He kept calling to ask for medical expenses and threatened to send Luo Jiayang to jail.When Luo Binhan vaguely hinted that that was a good thing, his aunt's tears immediately fell.She recalled how well-behaved and obedient Luo Jiayang was when he was a child (Luo Binhan actually remembered that he hurt the eye of a girl in his primary school class); he always told his parents that he would make a lot of money in the future and marry a beautiful and sensible wife to make his parents happy; he should have been He's very promising, if the kids outside didn't lead him astray.

Luo Binhan patiently fulfilled his obligations. The word "obligation" has an extremely broad standard, if it is said to Yu Xiaorong, it will only make her feel baffled.Children like her grew up in a purely modern, atomized family and could not understand the complex interest relationships and ethical order between large families.Luo Binhan knew that he was called here tonight to make a promise, and it had nothing to do with money - the compensation was paid last month. The problem is that neither party has calmed down; the one who was beaten always wants to be beaten harder. Luo Jiayang felt that he had been fooled and blackmailed by hooligans.On the surface, he agreed to let it go, but his parents saw the intention of revenge in his eyes.Therefore, they need someone who can really control Luo Jiayang, but who will not back him up.As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father.

This complaint will last longer than Luo Binhan expected.His uncle and aunt counted all the sadness in the past two years, and poured out all their expectations for their son and their disappointment in reality to another junior in the clan.This matter cannot be rushed, because appeasing them is also one of the steps in dealing with Luo Jiayang. Its importance is like clearing out all the flammable and explosive items around before defuse the bomb.Luo Binhan himself is also trying to comply with traditional moral standards, that is, as a nephew, he has the obligation to feel sad about this matter and has the obligation to do his best to understand the misfortune of his elders.He controlled the frequency of looking down at the time on his phone, at least on the surface.

He also asked about Luo Jiayang calling him in the early hours of last night, and the result was not unexpected: it was the result of his exerting force on his uncle.Feeling that there was real personal danger in further discussing the future with their son, they turned around in circles, gently but repeatedly persuading Luo Jiayang to have a heart-to-heart talk with his cousin so that they would not bother him again.In order to make his parents completely disappear from sight, Luo Jiayang called to wake up Luo Binhan during his own activity time, and hung up the phone without saying a word.That way, his parents could reasonably not bother him anymore.The responsibility was transferred to Luo Binhan.

By the time Luo Binhan left the house, it was only 8 minutes away from midnight.His uncle and aunt finally remembered that he had to go to work the next day, and apologetically wanted to bring him some fruit.Luo Binhan declined the extra gifts and began to rearrange his schedule.He originally thought that he would be able to see Luo Jiayang tonight, but he underestimated the difficulty of appeasing his uncle and aunt.It's a little too late to go to Luo Jiayang's residence now; two hours earlier, Luo Jiayang might have just gotten up, but at this time, he can only go to every nightclub in the city.So he revised his plan and returned home with his head full of other people's bitterness.

Yu Xiaorong had already fallen asleep, and he only found an open Chinese-German dictionary in the living room, and he didn't know where he got it.Without disturbing the pages of the book, he carefully moved it to the TV cabinet, pressed it with the remote control, and then sat there thinking about Luo Jiayang's various past events.When he entered the bedroom, the first red light appeared in the sky outside the window.He feels mentally tired, but his mind and body are alive and well.Perhaps to give him some breathing room, Li Li didn't take the initiative to show up these two nights.He looked at his phone on the bed for a while, and soon got up to cook again, and went out before Yu Xiaorong got up.

In the morning, I still had to see Nan Mingguang.He explained that he might need to find a dedicated driver because there were too many social and drinking occasions at night, and he couldn't always drive by himself.Nan Mingguang glanced at his face and understood his troubles, and agreed to let him not do any social activities this weekend, but to have a good rest.This was the only thing that made Luo Binhan happy, and in the blink of an eye he was invested in the performance report of the investment company.Throughout the day on Thursday, he was remotely connected with the directors of the investment department to discuss valuation standards and risk classification issues, and tried every means to get these people to go to the finance department and meet Lingfan.During the day on Friday, he met with the two directors again, accompanied Nan Mingguang to explain the financial rectification plan, and in the evening went to have dinner near the office building where the marketing and sales departments were located.

The office building of the business department is located closer to the leisure and business district and has convenient public transportation. It was their business center in the early years.The characteristic of that old office building is that the indoor ceiling is extremely low, making people look like they are in a prison after getting into the finely divided office areas.This pigeon cage-like eight-story building seemed to feel that it was a bit excessive, so it designed a gorgeous roof eaves shaped like a Bodhisattva lotus platform.Marketing Director She Shengqi got his name from this, and is known as "Buddha's Mouth and Snake's Heart".This nickname is less likely to be accidentally called incorrectly than "Leng Fan". Luo Binhan estimated that this person may not know it yet.The sales director’s surname is Xiao. He is nearly [-] years old but still fashionable. He is very good at creating an atmosphere and is nicknamed "The Sword Hidden in a Smile".Based on the situation of these two supervisors, Luo Binhan guessed that he also had a nickname among lower-level employees.But he couldn't guess how the word "Luo" sounded homophonic, and he resisted from the bottom of his heart to dig deeper into the answer.

He had dinner with several celebrities under the Buddha altar, inquired about the current working system of the business department, and also tactfully expressed the financial department's professional views on sales expense compliance.He didn't want to put too much pressure on this matter, because he knew how the business department would view the new rules and regulations and the new process training. In short, it was much ado about nothing.But this job was destined to offend people, so he could only push forward layer by layer.By the time this three-hour dinner party was over, the weekend had finally arrived.Although Luo Binhan still had to see Luo Jiayang, he decided to postpone the matter until Sunday.

He actually arrived home before eight o'clock on Friday night, which Yu Xiaorong didn't expect.When he walked in the door, she struggled to open a particularly stubborn takeout box containing buckwheat-crusted purple potato rolls and seared salmon.City news is broadcast on the TV, a channel that only older people watch these days.One of Luo Binhan's cousins ​​- not from Yu Qingshu's side, but from Xie Zhenwan's side - had never even heard of the existence of this TV station.The news in the city is really not very interesting. Except for municipal announcements, the rest of the actual content is nothing more than the mediation of a large number of disputes between parents. Even a gold store robbery can be used as blockbuster news.

"What do you think of this?" He asked Yu Xiaorong, "Is this interesting?"

"Understand where you live." Yu Xiaorong said.Her answer made Luo Binhan flattered.But then she broke the bad news: "Your fish are all dead. I flushed them down the toilet."

Luo Binhan turned his head to look at the empty fish tank. "This is fish farming," he said calmly, "I'll buy a few more tomorrow."

"You are committing murder." Yu Xiaorong said.

Luo Binhan stole a piece of salmon from her takeout box: "You are committing murder. What are your plans for tomorrow? Where do you want to go?"

He originally wanted to take Yu Xiaorong out to relax, but she announced that she was going to the city's public library to visit.She suddenly changed her temper, and Luo Binhan almost suspected that someone was trying to change things.But the reason soon became clear. Yu Xiaorong still had unfinished homework, and this house with a mysterious lizard, console games, on-demand movies, air conditioning and various snacks was too tempting.The progress in the past few days has caused her to feel a sense of crisis.She had to make herself more self-motivated, because if she really fell behind in too much homework, her mother might come and catch her in person.

"Then just do it." Luo Binhan said happily, "I'll go out and fool around tomorrow."

Yu Xiaorong held the yogurt straw in his mouth and looked at him sinisterly. "You lost too much fish food." She suddenly said, "Did those fish die because of this?"

"Maybe." Luo Binhan said.His pride disappeared immediately, and he secretly reminded himself to buy some fish feed and hide it tomorrow.

For the rest of the night, they played various console games with a two-player mode until Yu Xiaorong couldn't bear it anymore and went to sleep.Luo Binhan called Yu Qingshu to greet him in the bathroom.At 07:30 in the morning in Regenberg, the phone was full of old printers clicking and clicking.He chatted with his mother about Yu Xiaorong's performance this week, and then about the progress of Luo De's case.Not much new.He mentioned Klein to Yu Qingshu as if nothing had happened. "Rongrong had a nightmare a few days ago," he said. "I dreamed that the bastard escaped from prison. But I remember that he will be in prison for the rest of his life?"

Yu Qingshu explained to him the difference between "life imprisonment" and actual life imprisonment.Her voice was a little unnatural, so Luo Binhan guessed that she had known about the prison break for a long time.After hesitating for a moment, he directly stated his purpose. "I heard from Rongrong that she read the newspaper news. The prison where that beast was imprisoned recently collapsed, and he and two other people disappeared. Did the police try to find them?"

"He was buried alive." Yu Qingshu said in a slightly sleepy voice, "No body can be identified. Many victims of landslide accidents can only be reported missing in the end."

"Is it impossible for him to escape?"

"It's an isolated island. They sent people to search the whole island after the landslide."

Despite the conviction in her voice, her detailed understanding of the situation still gave the impression that she was not so reassured.Luo Binhan thought about it for a while, and then asked cautiously: "Is Liu Ling free recently?" "She is usually busy. Why do you ask?"

"It's a bit of a business matter." Luo Binhan said vaguely, "I want to find her connections."

Once it came to "business matters", his mother didn't ask any more questions and only gave him Liu Ling's personal number.They continued Klein's conversation about sentencing standards and the abolition of the death penalty, and Luo Binhan hung up the phone on the pretext of being sleepy.The next morning he got up later than Yu Xiaorong, and was laughed at by this damn girl.She still insisted on not using an open flame, but she dug out an induction cooker that had been idle for a long time and started frying eggs and fish fillets on it, and urged Luo Binhan to buy a pan and butter.

"Tired of eating takeout?" Luo Binhan asked casually.Yu Xiaorong actually fed Fina meat from the plate. He couldn't help but feel that if he continued to be so homeless, Fina might not be his lizard soon.

When it was almost noon, he went out to buy fish, and by the way, he also brushed Yu Xiaorong's shopping list for her.The weather was good that day, and the messages on his mobile phone rarely stopped. His mood improved slightly, thinking that at least today he could confidently escape a social event arranged by Nan Mingguang, and Zhou Yu should soon be able to complete his sentence in the laboratory. freed.

He first went to the flower and bird market to choose fish.Out of the inertia of establishing acquaintances, he still went to the store where he bought the tank, and planned to prepare a batch for him every week.The shop owner was still impressed by him, but said nothing about the frequency of his fish purchases, and only suggested that he buy as many fish as possible.This attitude of disregarding the life and death of goods is quite respected by Luo Binhan, because he always feels that being a teacher is the most difficult impulse for a master to restrain, and even Nan Mingguang can't help committing it sometimes.What kind of business spirit is it that a person can tolerate novices being stupid in order to make money without any bottom line?

He carried the new batch of unfortunate medaka and fish food out the door, and saw the celadon water tank from the neighboring store, which reminded him of Shi Qi.Probably the bowl of lotus she bought had better luck than his fish, but it's not certain that she actually bought it.He walked over to take a look at the few remaining plants, and also took a look at the various strange water vessels in the store.There is a dark porcelain basin that is particularly interesting. It is made to look like a coffee can, and there is even a chamomile with white petals and yellow pistils inserted in it.

Luo Binhan felt an unintentional humor in the design of this potted flower.He considered whether it would be too shameful to put this pot of flowers in Zhou Yu's house, and an ungraceful smile suddenly appeared on his face.At this time, someone tapped him from behind, and he turned his head with this sneaky and sinister smile and saw Shi Qi standing behind him.She suddenly saw his expression and was so frightened that she immediately took a step back.Luo Binhan couldn't help but freeze there, and it took him a long time to adjust to the surprise of meeting an old friend.

"...What a coincidence." He said with unnatural enthusiasm, "We meet again."

This abrupt social change also infected Shi Qi.She hesitantly echoed "What a coincidence", and then she and Luo Binhan stared in silence.Luo Binhan guessed that she was still thinking about the meaning of that evil expression just now, and couldn't help feeling embarrassed.But it was hard for him to explain that he was planning to turn Zhou Yu's house into a memorial hall.In order to get out of this bad situation quickly, he calmly picked up the water bag in his hand.

"I'm here to buy fish," he said in a deliberately cheerful tone. "The ones I bought last week are all gone. I guess the water in the tank is wrong. Why are you here again?"

He naturally aimed at Shi Qi's hand, but there was only a small leather bag there. "The flowers you bought didn't last more than a week?" he asked jokingly, finally letting it go more naturally. "I saw that there were a few less lotus plants in the store. Did you buy them?"

Shi Qi smiled noncommittally.There was always an unnatural tension in her expression, as if Luo Binhan was a dangerous person with abnormal brains and therefore needed to be treated with extra caution.The more cautious she was, the more embarrassed Luo Binhan felt.He couldn't tell what was going on, but Shi Qi seemed to be able to catch him in embarrassing moments.In metaphysical terms, they are simply incompatible.

In the current situation, it was unrealistic to quickly restore his image, so Luo Binhan had to retreat as decently as possible.He was just about to find an excuse to get out, but Shi Qi, who had been silent for too long, was determined to break through this layer of ice.She also asked in that cheerful tone that she knew was deliberately created: "Why didn't you see your sister today? Has she gone home?"

"Oh, no, she has homework to do today."

"Is she in college?"

"She's still a high school student." Luo Binhan said, "She's just tall."

Like many people who met Yu Xiaorong for the first time, Shi Qi seemed a little skeptical.She blinked twice and added, "You two have a good relationship."

"They are brothers and sisters." Luo Binhan replied a little puzzled.Shi Qi's words really have no beginning and no end.However, as long as the topic is not about himself.So he continued naturally: "She just came here and doesn't understand what we say here, so she doesn't like to talk. In fact, she is quite talkative with acquaintances."

"Yes. My brother is like this too."

"Oh, you have a brother? How old is he?"

"I'm studying in college this year."

"University in the city? Or out of town?"

"I'm from out of town, but I'm coming back to stay for a few days recently."

"No wonder you came here to buy flowers," Luo Binhan said half-jokingly, "Are you planning to hold a welcome party for him?"

"I'm not here to buy flowers."

Luo Binhan shook his head slightly and looked at her with some confusion.Shi Qi was wearing a sapphire green silk skirt today and a dark brown tweed bell-shaped hat on her head.The ornament at the bottom of the hat brim is particularly interesting. It is a bright green silk thread wrapping flower, which makes her look more vivid.This is not the hat she wore last time, it shows a special elegance, but the jewelry and clothing are quite simple, which does not conform to Luo Binhan's usual experience.He couldn't help but suspect that she was a lover of fancy hats.

At this moment, Shi Qi stared at him without blinking.It's a bit rude to keep staring at people with whom you have a normal relationship.But she seemed to be thinking about something and didn't notice it, so Luo Binhan could only think of something to say to resolve the impasse: "If you want to buy a parrot or something, I can help you look at it. I also have one at home... …”

"I'm here for a blind date." Shi Qi said.

Luo Binhan stopped talking and looked at her.She also looked back at him quite calmly, as if after saying these words, her nervousness was cured.

"Ah," Robin Han said, "...here?"

"It's in a nearby store. I just don't want to sit around, so I just came here for a stroll first."

She smiled at Luo Binhan again.This time she was not nervous at all, and even said calmly: "When I saw you just now, I thought you were in the same situation."

(End of this chapter)

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