Chapter 7 Limited truth (This chapter is free)

Zhang Ke took a taxi back to Xiangshan Forest Park, retrieved the printed photos and film from the printing shop, and then took a bus back to the city. When he arrived, it was completely dark.

Zhang Zhixing sat on the sofa with a gloomy face: "Where have you been going all day?"

Zhang Ke stood at the door and thought to himself: No wonder Dad was angry. After receiving the words from Ye Xinming that Tang Xueqian asked him to go out and avoid him, the thought of leaving and staying was always in his father's mind. The news of his uncle's death this afternoon should have come from his hometown, which gave Dad an excuse to leave Haizhou, but he disappeared at this time. No wonder he was full of anger.

"Uncle is leaving today. Our family is going back to the East Club to hold a funeral for your uncle. You don't have a day's stay at home, where have you been?" Liang Gezhen stood behind her husband and waited for most of the day. She didn't see her going home for lunch. She called all the students' homes, and she almost called the police.

Zhang Ke stood at the door and curled his lips, looked at his father with a gloomy face, and said, "Why do you want to leave Haizhou? Don't you care about Uncle Tang's affairs?"

"What's the matter with Uncle Tang?" Zhang Zhixing made Zhang Ke's words a little confused. "Why did you say these inexplicable words as soon as you came back?"

Zhang Ke didn't have time to slowly reveal the truth like playing a guessing game, and he didn't care whether this was what he should say at the age of sixteen: "Uncle Tang was quarantined and reviewed? Dad was afraid that the provincial inspection team would ask you to be investigated next. Others said that Uncle Tang had a problem, but you insisted that Uncle Tang had no problem, and others would not tolerate you; but if you wanted you to throw sewage on Uncle Tang against your conscience, you would be uneasy for the rest of your life. What should I do? It would be great that I could leave this place of right and wrong. Even if Secretary Ye didn't lead the message, Dad would go to the East Club to avoid it..."

"Who taught you these words?" Zhang Zhixing was like a cat who stepped on his tail. He never thought that these words were said by his sixteen-year-old son.

"Who taught me what happened in my family over the years, and the people who came and sent me here and there, I saw too much, and I naturally understood. Do you need someone else to teach me?" Zhang Ke didn't care about what he said, and he had to hurt his father in a sudden pain and sober up. "Isn't the funeral the third day? We are so anxious to rush back, what will the uncle and the others think?"

Seeing that his father's face gradually turned pale, so as not to lose control of his emotions for a moment, he used himself as a human sandbag to vent his anger. Seeing that he had signs of an attack, he hid in his room first, and guessed in his heart what effect would have happened to his father's heart just now, and he pressed his ear against the door and eavesdropped on the conversation outside.

"Xiao Ke is right. You have been hesitating these days. Isn't it just these concerns?"

"Is this what a child as old as him can say?"

"Why don't you look like you? Xiaoke is as good as you, precocious and precocious as you are. Although he has been a child, no one knows what he is thinking."

"You know that Tang Xueqian and I went from the Normal School to the city. If I poured dirty water on Tang Xueqian, he wouldn't be able to wash it off no matter how hard he was. I'm afraid that someone would know my relationship with Tang Xueqian and instigate Xiao Ke to talk nonsense."

"Your son can't believe it. Who do you want to believe? My son is depressed and has a lot of scruples. He is sixteen years old. Who can instigate him? You have to worry, just call your son out and ask..."

"You go and call him..."

"What do you say if no one asks me?" Zhang Ke stood behind the door and heard this, walked out of the room and handed the photo of Zhang Xueqian and Xu Si to his father, "Are you all talking about Uncle Tang having that relationship with this woman?"

Zhang Zhixing almost jumped up, took the photo tremblingly, and stared at his son with an incredible look: "Where did you get this photo?"

"Don't worry about where I got this photo. The provincial inspection team will soon see similar photos," Zhang Ke said calmly: "If Uncle Tang's charge of accepting bribes is confirmed, Dad, you leave Haizhou at this time, will people think that it is deliberately avoiding the provincial investigation team's investigation..."

Zhang Zhixing was shocked and sweated. These days he only wanted to escape, but did not consider deeper issues. He also asked his sixteen-year-old son to help him break it. He had been in the circle for seven or eight years and was very clear about the rules inside. Even if he had no problems, he would not be able to prevent others from pouring sewage on him. Although the position of the deputy secretary-general was not prominent, there were still some people watching him.

But is this what a sixteen-year-old child said? Liang Gezhen couldn't wish that her son was the best and smartest boy in the world. She didn't think there was anything too big, and even felt that her husband was a little fussy. However, she also thought that the photo was too strange to fall into her son's hands and asked him: "Where did this photo come from?"

Zhang Ke knew that his words and deeds would cause great shock to his father. If he didn't speak thoroughly at this time, he would delay the opportunity: "Dad and Uncle Tang have been with him for so many years, why does Uncle Tang still distrust his father so much? He also asked Secretary Ye to bring a message to let his father leave Haizhou to avoid it?"

"What else do you know?" Zhang Zhixing didn't know why his son suddenly said these words for no reason, but it did point out his doubts, but he could not see through or guess. In the municipal government, everyone knew that he had entered the city with Tang Xueqian, and they were gloating and avoided him and could not get any news.

When Zhang Ke saw his father sitting upright, he knew that he began to face his words.

Of course, Zhang Ke would not be stupid enough to say that he knew what happened five years later. He had to tell the truth and make up a reason to convince his father. On the way home, Zhang Ke thought of this reason: "This woman," Zhang Ke pointed to Xu Si in the photo, "I once saw her in the back mountain of Xiangshan. Not long ago, outside a villa on the back mountain, I saw her with a man, but not Uncle Tang, but a person that everyone would never imagine..."

"Who is it?"

"Don't bother," Zhang Ke still thought about letting the lie be settled first. "I heard my mother say that Uncle Tang had that kind of relationship with this woman yesterday. I was surprised. I went to the back mountain of Xiangshan early in the morning and saw this man again in that villa..."

Zhang Ke took out the photos taken in front of the red brick villa on the northern foot of the mountain today: "I rented a camera in the Forest Park. The effect is OK. Look who does this look like?"

The first photo is a black Nissan car driving into the red brick villa; the second photo is Ding Xiangshan's low body entering the Nissan car. Although it is not Ding Xiangshan's No. 1 car, it is the license plate of the municipal party committee. The red flower corolla car was parked next to it. Ding Xiangshan's head was not taken, but Zhang Ke believes that his father could recognize him at a glance. The third photo is a red flower corolla car driving out of the red brick villa. The red flower corolla appeared in the background of the photo taken by Tang Xueqian and Xu Si. Although the light in the forest was dim and there was no flash on, the shooting effect was pretty good, and the shooting time was displayed in the lower right corner.

Zhang Ke believed that he would not be able to feel any sense if he stuffed two eggs into his father's mouth at this time.

"After taking the photo, I went to Shannan's printing shop to print film. I didn't expect that this woman was also picking up the photos there. In the photos she picked up from the printing shop, there was a photo of her and Uncle Tang. I took one while she didn't care," Zhang Ke picked up the photo of Tang Xueqian and Xu Si, "It's this one..."

My father is not stupid, and I believe he will be able to figure out the causes and consequences soon. Zhang Ke rubbed his hands and asked his mother: "I haven't eaten yet, I'm almost starving to death..."

"How do you know you want to take these photos?" Liang Gezhen held his son's shoulder and pushed him into the kitchen. "Don't hinder your dad... You haven't come back, and we don't have the heart to eat. Come with me and get two more eggs together..."

"Xiao Ke..." Zhang Ke and his mother went to the kitchen, and his father called him in the living room, "Tell me carefully what you saw today."

Zhang Ke didn't know how deeply Xu Si was trapped in, but he was afraid that he would have to find another way to tell everything between him and Xu Si, and only said what happened in the morning.

"Why is Ding Xiangshan?"

When Zhang Ke heard his father talking to himself, he said Ding Xiangshan's name, and knew that he had guessed some of the truth.

After receiving reports, the province sent an inspection team to investigate without obtaining substantive evidence, and pointed the finger at Tang Xueqian and implemented isolation and review. At the right time, Haizhou had so many unfavorable things that were unfavorable to Tang Xueqian. There must be powerful figures in this. My father also knew this, but he didn't know who it was and why it was.

"What is the relationship between Uncle Tang and this woman? This photo looks quite ambiguous?"

"I don't know either," Zhang Zhixing sighed, "You are still young and you won't understand the things between men and women. Some things are something, I'm afraid Tang Xueqian himself can't explain them..."

"I know, if Uncle Tang really understood, there wouldn't be these photos..."

"Oh...where did you learn all of this?" Zhang Zhixing stretched out his hand and touched the back of Zhang Ke's head. "The children nowadays are really hard to understand."

Zhang Ke smiled and saw that his father's face was no longer as gloomy as he had just returned. He knew that he would not express his doubts in his heart and discuss with him. It would be not too late to remind his father bit by bit after the incident happened step by step. Perhaps his father had already grasped the key issues in his heart.

Liang Gezhen brought out the noodles, Zhang Zhixing picked up the bowl, and like a wind blowing away the clouds, he poured all the noodles into his stomach in two or three strokes.

Zhang Ke was afraid of being hot, and just after a bowl of noodles was eaten less than one-third, he saw his father reaching out to grab the noodles from his bowl, and he quickly jumped out and avoided: "I haven't eaten for a day, and this bowl of noodles is not enough for me..."

"I just came back and wanted to eat someone," Liang Gezhen put the noodles in her bowl into her husband's bowl. "Now, it's like a chicken scrambles to eat again. You guys and I'll go and get some noodles..."

"No," Zhang Zhixing stopped his wife, "You go out to buy food, you have to choose the best ones. When you come back, it is best to let the people in the yard see it. These days, the people in the yard regard me as a dog of a family, and are waiting to see my good show. No matter whether Tang Xueqian's affairs have turned around or not, they cannot follow these people's wishes now..."

"Why are you still fighting for these intentions at this time?" Liang Gezhen was a little puzzled.

"Mom, this is not a fight for anything. Everyone is willing to beat the dog in the water..." Zhang Ke said next to him, "The more frustrated you are, the more you cannot let others look down on you, especially in this yard, where everyone is waiting for the opportunity to step on others and hit others with a stick?"

"Haha..." Zhang Zhixing laughed, and was about to hit his son's head by chopsticks, "Who is the dog that falls into the water?" He urged his wife, "You don't even understand Xiao Ke, go quickly, go quickly..."

Seeing that her husband was completely relieved of his worries, Liang Gezhen asked with confidence: "Did you understand it?"

"Xiao Ke's words reminded me that Tang Xueqian can trust Ye Xinming, why can't he trust me? Tang Xueqian really has something shameful about it, and his full-time secretary Ye Xinming knows the details. Ye Xinming helped Tang Xueqian to lead the message, which may be a pit, and I can't jump in just touching the dark..."

"What do you do? What can these few photos do?"

"Maybe it can't play any role, maybe it can play a big role..." Zhang Zhixing said vaguely, "Don't they want me to leave Haizhou? When I arrive at Dongshe tomorrow, I will know if these photos can work."

Liang Gezhen couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong? You still have to go back to Dongshe?"

"Of course I have to go back to Dongshe. I have asked Zhou Fuming for leave. I can't say I won't leave. That would be bad. Besides, everyone is avoiding me like plague. Even if I stay in the city, it's useless," Zhang Zhixing drank, his cheeks flushed. "But not all of our family go back to Dongshe. Xiaoke and I go back to Dongshe. You can stay and see how things will develop. Even if you hear about it, you can still know some news. We made an appointment to call a few more times a day, which is convenient for you to come back if you have something to do."
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