The Hope You Gave Me: 64-whitebait

After another week, the customer service calls gradually disappeared. Min Hui finally got all the customer's applications. After the last errand, she took the train back to Bencheng.

At that time, Ben Thanh had entered the late autumn.

Being so busy with work, Xin Qi has been taking care of the children, Min Hui felt that she was back to being single again. Although the business trip was hard, the thought of avoiding Ding Yifeng and Cheng Qirang in this way was a joy in pain.

The autumn wind was gentle, with an obvious chill. As soon as she left the station, Min Hui felt that she was wearing less clothes, and quickly found a scarf from her backpack and wrapped it around her neck.

At seven o'clock in the evening, when the lanterns first came on, the streets of Ben Thanh were as lively as ever. When passing the morning clock building, Min Hui wanted to drop by the office to pick up some documents, so she got out of the taxi.

There are three important deadlines in the R&D department this month. Min Hui's team is not among them. Ding Yifeng said that there is a shortage of manpower. Min Hui agreed to call Zhang Xiaohan and Tang Xinning for assistance. Before entering the building, she looked up and saw that the tenth floor where the R&D department was located was brightly lit.

As soon as the elevator opened, and before she reached the cubicle, Min Hui smelled a strong aroma, to be precise, the smell of pizza, fried chicken and alcohol.

"Sister Min Hui, are you back?" Zhang Xiaohan's cubicle was closest to the elevator, and when he saw her for the first time, he quickly stood up to say hello.

"Just got off the train." Seeing that there were three bottles of beer on his table, two of which were already empty, Min Hui couldn't help frowning, "Are you drinking?"

Zhang Xiaohan is the weakest and most invincible member of the five-member team. He can't stand up straight: "I have worked overtime for five days in a row, and I go home at one or two o'clock in the middle of the night every day. Mr. Ding said that everyone has worked hard. newspaper, beer supper is open.”

Min Hui looked up, and sure enough, the cubicle was almost full, and there were several wine bottles on each desk. Everyone was drinking and writing code, some shook their heads, some muttered to themselves, each immersed in their own world, and the sound of the keyboard came one after another. There were a few female programmers mixed in among the densely packed boys, but they didn't drink, and they all stared at the screen intently.

"Isn't that bad? Last month, Xiao Dong from the sales department accompanied the wine to the sudden cardiac death, have you forgotten?" Min Hui advised. I've heard of night shift drinking, but I didn't expect it to be such a carnival state.

"What's wrong?" A voice came from the side, Min Hui turned around and saw Ding Yifeng, he was wearing a dark gray suit, his tie was undone, and it was hanging drooping around his neck, "We are creative. Department, where can you get inspiration if you don’t drink some wine? If you don’t get inspiration, it’s good to relieve fatigue—this is the exclusive benefit of the R&D department.”

He walked up to her as he spoke, and the smell of alcohol made her take two steps back.

"Not only boys but also girls work here." Min Hui said seriously, "You let everyone drink more, what if someone gets drunk and makes trouble?"

"Rare and strange! It's just a few bottles of beer, not Maotai Erguotou, not so much!"

"Okay, you drink. But all the girls here must leave work immediately," Min Hui said firmly, "We can't afford to be offended, but we can always hide. As a leader, you must at least consider the personal safety of female employees! "

There are not many female programmers in the R&D department. There are less than 20 of them in total. There are roughly five or six people involved in tonight's project. Min Hui glanced at the corner of her eyes, they didn't leave, they stayed here to work overtime with everyone.

"Who do you think you are? You still commanded me?" Ding Yifeng pointed to his nose and said, "I am the boss and I have the final say. If the work is not done, I don't nod, and no one wants to leave. The same goes for you! It's just right when you come back, there are a lot of things waiting for you. Tongguang's customers have been settled? How is the progress of GS2.0? Come to my office and I want to hear your detailed report."

Min Hui sneered and pointed to her suitcase: "I write an email report every day about the progress of my work, and I can see it when I open it. I have completed the task you assigned, and I just got off the train. I'm tired and need to go home to rest."

After speaking, he walked to his office, pulled out the documents from the drawer and stuffed them into the bag. When he looked up, he found that Ding Yifeng had followed her silently, standing beside her and half-smilingly said, "I don't When I have time to read the email, I just want to hear your oral report. You are a woman, can you speak softly? Don’t be squeamish, everyone is a colleague, not an enemy, and no one wants to harm you.”

Min Hui stared at the sky, speechless.

"Women's work is secondary. If you want to get promoted and get rich, the most important thing is to please your leaders—" Seeing that Min Hui didn't refute, Ding Yifeng put his hand on her shoulder and patted her with pretended concern. , Seeing that her body was motionless, and her hand was touching down along her arm, Min Hui slapped her backhand!

"Crack!"

Ding Yifeng's face was severely slapped, and his color suddenly changed. He was about to attack when a scream suddenly came from outside the door——

"Help! Satyr!"

Min Hui rushed to the door when she heard the sound, only to see a figure running towards her from the direction of the toilet, panic-stricken, and fled towards the elevator——

Min Hui grabbed her and said, "Xinning?"

The girl was Tang Xinning, and she was trembling with fright: "There's a man in the women's toilet! Lying on the ground and peeking!"

A group of people who were immersed in programming suddenly raised their heads. Two of the boys immediately came out and said, "Don't be afraid, we'll catch him now, he can't escape!"

Min Hui hugged Tang Xinning while comforting her and taking out her phone: "I'll call the police."

"Wait!" Ding Yifeng hurriedly stopped, "Let's clarify things first."

Seeing that several projects are approaching deadlines, as the director he is very busy, and if the police intervene at this moment, the work will definitely not be finished.

After a while, two boys dragged a drunk man from the toilet. Min Hui saw that it was her enemy four years ago - Wang Tongyuan. I don't know if it was intentional or if he really drank too much, he was lying on the ground as drunk as mud, babbling about alcohol in his mouth.

After Min Hui was fired by Guanchao, Cheng Qirang transferred Wang Tongyuan back and continued to be in charge of the BlackDot project. Wang Tongyuan is thirty-five years old this year and is still a bachelor. I heard that his nature does not change, and he uses his work to pursue various female colleagues, especially new interns. After a few years, he has not pursued a single one. Tang Xinning was targeted by him on the first day she came to work, and started a new round of hospitality. Xinning is soft-tempered, can't bear the pain, and can't refute his face. He was forced to go out for two meals with him. This is good, Wang Tongyuan immediately posted photos in the circle of friends, all kinds of hints that Tang Xinning is his daughter friend. After Min Hui found out, she immediately called to remind him that Tang Xinning cut off contact with him and went to HR to sue him, which made Wang Tongyuan very annoyed.

Zhang Xiaohan punched Wang Tongyuan in the face. Several boys immediately rushed to beat him. The small office area suddenly became the scene of a group fight. Ding Yifeng wanted to go in to fight, but no one paid any attention.

Wang Tongyuan's popularity among his colleagues is very poor, he is harsh to his subordinates, and he will report his anger. Some people beat him to vent their personal anger. Seeing that he had been beaten with blood by everyone, the security guard rushed up to pull everyone away.

Probably the wine had passed, and Wang Tongyuan began to shout his grievance: "I didn't do anything! I drank too much and wanted to go to the toilet, but I just went to the wrong place!"

"Nonsense!" Tang Xinning shouted angrily, "It's not like that at all! As soon as I entered the toilet cubicle, I heard movement outside, and when I looked down, he was lying on the ground peeking, and he had already put his head in. It scared me. The soul is flying! Shameless thief!"

When Zhang Xiaohan heard this, he was so angry that he rushed up and wanted to beat him, but Ding Yifeng held him tightly: "Forget it, he just drank too much, Tang Xinning, you're frightened, you should get off work first, go back and have a good rest, Tomorrow Friday, I will give you a day off."

When Min Hui heard this, she became angry again: "Ding Yifeng, this matter can't be left alone, Wang Tongyuan is molesting women."

"No way!" Ding Yifeng glared at her, "Didn't you see? He can't stand up straight after drinking, and he can push down with his fingers, how can he have the strength to do anything else? Don't get on the line! Just drink too much and go to the wrong place, of course this is not right! I will criticize and educate him. Well, you go home too, you just got off the train and need a rest. You both go!"

He just wanted to calm down and let everyone get on with their work.

"I ask all the female staff here to come home with me." Min Hui looked at him calmly, "Everyone has been drinking too much, so there is no guarantee that the next time will be safe."

"There are several projects to be debugged tonight. Everyone is a radish and a pit, and no one can leave."

"Then I won't leave, and I will stay here and report to the police. When the police arrive, I will cooperate with them in their investigation." Min Hui said.

"What if the police came?" Ding Yifeng looked at his watch angrily, "What evidence can Tang Xinning produce?"

"There is no evidence. When the police come, they will investigate and collect evidence. The relevant people, etc., need to be questioned one by one." , the deadline will definitely not catch up."

Ding Yifeng gritted his teeth in silence, weighed it in his heart, and finally said to the grid: "women, you can leave work now."

***

After sending Tang Xinning home, Min Hui returned to the apartment to put down her luggage and took a quick shower. Just as he was about to change clothes to see Su Quan, he found that there were two missed calls from Xin Qi on his phone. Xin Qi recently returned to Beijing frequently. Min Hui knew that he was busy with work and did not want to be disturbed. Before leaving, she only told him that she would return to Bincheng on weekends without specifying the time.

She hurriedly called back: "Xin Qi, are you looking for me?"

"Where are you?" On the other end of the phone, his voice was a little dull, visibly depressed.

"I'm back, just got home."

"Can you come to my apartment, I have something to discuss," he said.

Is there anything I can't discuss over the phone? Min Hui thought. Her first reaction was, "What about all of it?"

"He's fine. He's asleep."

Xin Qi's voice has never been so serious before, she has a faint ominous premonition: "What happened?"

On the other side of the phone, Xin Qi paused and said, "We may have found Su Tian."

"Come here now!" She put down the phone and rushed out the door without changing her shoes.

Ivy Garden is near Mingsen Community. Min Hui ran out of the house, crossed a street, climbed another slope, arrived at Xin Qi's apartment in less than ten minutes, and rang the doorbell at the same time.

The person who opened the door was actually Deng Chen.

Min Hui walked into the living room and found that Chen Jiajun was also sitting on the sofa with her knees tucked.

On the carpet in the middle, Xin Qi was pacing up and down nervously.

Running too fast, Min Hui was still panting, Chen Jiajun handed her a cup of tea.

Min Hui couldn't care about drinking water, so she hurriedly asked, "What's the situation? Where is Su Tian?"

Xin Qi walked up to her and said in a low voice, "Someone claimed that on June 28 four years ago, the day after Su Tian's accident, there was an accident in the area five kilometers south of the Mushuihe Bridge. Her body was found in a riverbank."

"The river beach? Which river beach?" Min Hui shook her head firmly, "It's unlikely, I've searched all the river beaches, hand in hand and carpet search. Xin Qi, don't be gullible, it's very likely that you've run into a liar. "

This is true.

Xin Qi once offered a reward of one million yuan to find Su Tian's whereabouts through Deng Chen's company. In the past four years, there has been an endless stream of people who have provided clues to Deng Chen. Since the revelation mentioned a yellow jacket and explained the specific style, in order to get the reward, many people went to Deng Chen with the yellow jacket, claiming that they knew the whereabouts of Su Tian, ​​and tried to deceive the reward gold. So much that the jackets of the same style as Su Tian on Taobao are sold out. Facts have proved that none of the thousands of clues Deng Chen received are reliable.

No one really found Su Tian, ​​or provided solid evidence.

Because of this, both Min Hui and Xin Qi chose to believe that Su Tian was still alive.

"The person who found her is Xu Zhihua, 35 years old this year, and lives in Xujiazhuang, south of the Mushui River. Their village is located by the Mushui River. According to him, he went fishing on the beach that afternoon, A floating corpse was found in the reeds. It was a young girl. It seemed that she died soon. He was afraid of getting into trouble, so he quietly found a place to bury her." Deng Chen said.

"Why didn't you report the case?" Min Hui asked, "Shouldn't this kind of thing be reported to the police station first?"

"He didn't dare. He was a man with a criminal record who had served five years in prison for robbery and intentional assault. He said he didn't want to salvage the body and thought there might be something valuable on the body, so he gave her to her. I found it. I searched and found nothing. I was afraid that it would be related to me, so I buried it secretly. The next day he went to Guangzhou to work, and he never returned to his hometown since then, and he didn't know about the reward. This month he went back to the village to run errands. He heard relatives mention our revelation about finding people. After calculating that the time was right, and the gender and age of the deceased were similar, he came to contact us." Deng Chen paused, then said, " However, there was no yellow jacket on the deceased, and it was probably washed away by the flood."

As soon as Min Hui heard this, she became suspicious: "Then what evidence does he have to prove that this person is Su Tian? There are too many floating corpses on the Mushui River. I have seen one myself."

"He had a silverfish bracelet in his hand, which he said was taken from the wrist of the deceased. There was also a photo of the body, which was taken with a mobile phone before the burial. He said the photo of the body was a bit scary and inconvenient to pass on. Come here. I gave you a picture of the bracelet. Take a look, is that the one you gave her?"

After Deng Chen finished speaking, he retrieved a photo from his phone and handed it to Min Hui.

As soon as she saw it, her body shuddered, and her face instantly paled. He looked up at Xin Qi and found that Xin Qi was also looking at her.

In order to protect the evidence and prevent false claimants, the police have not disclosed this silver fish bracelet in the tracing revelation.

From the photo, the bracelet is dirty and the red string has turned into a black string. The silverfish is also black due to years of oxidation, but the style and shape are there. Min Hui couldn't be 100% sure, just muttered: "It looks very similar. This bracelet was made by my dad himself, and one of the silver fish has a special mark on the tail. If I can get the bracelet with the naked eye By observing, you can determine what is true or false."

“Didn’t your dad make a lot of these bracelets? He even sold them in batches?” Xin Qi said, “In case someone at the police station leaks the news, it wouldn’t be difficult to find a similar bracelet, right? "

Min Hui had already begun to believe that this was true. When asked by Xin Qi, she began to hesitate: "Yes, this possibility is also possible. In my hometown, many girls have worn my dad's clothes. Silver jewellery, including this bracelet."

"We have the blood samples and DNA data provided by Su Tian on the family tracing website. If the body is really hers, it can be easily confirmed by scientific means." Deng Chen said.

"Anyway, we need to go to Mushui River to meet this Xu Zhihua." Min Hui said, "The photo of his body can also be compared."

Xin Qi's face was ashen. He took a deep breath and said, "I'll go early tomorrow morning. I booked four train tickets."

After Deng Chen and Jia Jun left, Min Hui went to the bedroom to see her sleeping son. She found Xin Qi on the terrace and found him sitting on a chair watching the stars in the distance, silently in a daze.

She sighed, sat beside him, lit a cigarette and started smoking.

"Do you think the person in the water is Su Tian?" Xin Qi asked.

She thought for a moment, then said, "I trust evidence more than intuition. So far, no confirmation."

"Then talk about your intuition."

After a few seconds of silence, Min Hui exhaled a puff of white smoke: "Yes, that's Su Tian."

"Go back." Xin Qi stood up and opened the balcony door, "I want to be alone for a while."