The Wind Blows Fallen Leaves Chapter 23

Qian Zhen

“That’s all I know. I really don’t know anything else.” He covered his mouth tremblingly, tears pouring out uncontrollably.

After hearing this, several people fell silent. They did not expect that things would turn out like this. Duan Linyun scratched his hair in annoyance and said, “Uncle is an old-school man. He will definitely be furious when he finds out about it, and he will often attack Brother Xirui.”

An Mingyu came over to comfort him: “Maybe he liked it too much and accidentally got into trouble.”

“Impossible,” Duan Linyun said resolutely, “Brother Xi Rui has always been a role model for the Duan family. He has always done things flawlessly. Even if the situation is backward, he can remain calm and calm. There is no possibility of mistakes.”

Hearing these words, Qian Zhen secretly raised his eyes to observe them. They all looked very sad. An Mingyu suddenly looked at him, and Qian Zhen’s eyes were caught by him before he could take them back.

An Mingyu walked into him slowly, stepping on the drums step by step. After walking in, he just patted his shoulder and said, “Don’t be too sad, the deceased is gone.”

Qian Zhen wiped away his tears and said with a wry smile: “That’s the end of the matter. Those of us who are alive can just live well.”

An Mingyu glanced at the people behind him, all of them looked depressed, leaned down and said, “How is your relationship with your brother?”

Qian Zhen was stunned by his question, his eyes rolled, and his tear ducts began to work, “We are brothers, so of course we are very close friends. He is the only smart one in our family, so naturally we are all treasures.”

“Really?” An Mingyu said, “Then you and your family have never thought about finding out about this matter?”

“Of course I thought about it, but the police had already closed the case. What could I do? I have no money, no power, and no one. How could I be worth the Duan family’s great fortune? Moreover, my parents received a large amount of hush money at that time. I couldn’t do anything on my own.” Qian Zhen explained excitedly, emphasizing that his parents received a large amount of hush money.

An Mingyu calmed his emotions and said nonchalantly: “I just said it casually, don’t get excited.”

Qian Zhen’s arrogance weakened a lot, and he stepped back with his legs crossed, trying to hide himself. Duan Linyun stood up at this time, and whispered a few words in An Mingyu’s ear. Both of them raised their lips and looked at Qian Zhen playfully. He turned around and his hair stood on end, not daring to look up at all. His Adam’s apple rolled uncontrollably. He could only hear his own heartbeat at this time and had no energy to check the eyes of the two of them looking at him.

“Mr. Qian, can I call you that?” An Mingyu asked him.

“Ah?” Qian Zhen responded slightly, and then said, “But… it’s okay.”

“Mr. Qian, did you miss any information and didn’t tell us, or did you remember something wrong?” An Mingyu retreated instead of advancing. The sound of his leather shoes hitting the ground was like a saw tooth tearing at his neck, and it stopped suddenly.

Qian Zhen’s hand in his pocket trembled like an ethmoid sinus. He thought for a moment and said, “Should… probably… not…”

“Don’t ask me, ask you.”

Duan Linyun grabbed his collar and took him out of his seat. He looked at him dangerously, then let go, slowly adjusted his collar, and said softly: “Mr. Qian, think about it carefully.”

These few words floated into his ears lightly, full of shocking power, and the other two people also narrowed their eyes and prepared for the attack.

An Mingyu pretended to be generous and reminded him, “If Mr. Qian doesn’t know where to think of it, then let’s think of it from the relationship between you and your brother Qian Rui.”

The air pressure around him was so low that Qian couldn’t breathe. Although these people looked small, their noble and ruthless nature should not be underestimated.Qian Zhen was so frightened that these words had already made him pee his pants. He sat on the stool and did not dare to get up, but he wanted to grab a life-saving straw and begged: “If I tell you, can you spare me? I just want to live?”

The tears on his face showed no signs of acting. Although the four of them no longer believed him, they still promised to only inquire without taking action.Qian Zhen relaxed and talked about the matter between him and Qian Rui again.

“Qian Rui and I are brothers, but not as good as I said, because he was not born by my mother at all. It’s surprising. In a family with no money and no power like ours, one boy is already the limit, why we need another one, I don’t understand.”

Qian Zhen didn’t look like he was uncovering his scars, but instead had a relaxed look on his face, and continued: “It’s also possible that they knew I would have no future since I was a child, and then picked him up from nowhere. I was young at the time, and seeing a child suddenly appear in the house, my first reaction was not to question but to be happy because someone would play with me.

But as soon as I said this, I was slapped by my dad, and he yelled at me viciously. I still remember that look, as if I had committed some crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason. After that, I never dared to say this again.

The days go by day by day. I know that he is not a biological child of this family, so I always look at him with some sympathy, because he doesn’t even know where his parents are. I hope he can leave here. He is just a reason for my parents to be famous outside. As long as his grades are slightly worse, he will inevitably get a beating, but he seems to have no temper.Like that, every time I endured it like that, if I were around, I would grab him and beat him up, and kept saying that I had no ability to hold him back, but I rarely talked to him. Every time, I would have a big fight, smash everything in the house to pieces, and then run out.

Every time I went back, they wanted to drag me out and give me a beating. When they were most displeased with me, I would throw the red bills on the table. They immediately changed their faces and kept counting on their hands. I was really satisfied at that time.He was always peeking aside. I walked over and brought him delicious food. He pestered me to tell him about the outside world, asked me if I was tired, and said I was great. I was very happy at the time. After chatting with him for a long time, he became more and more envious of my life outside. I frowned at his envious eyes, and I couldn’t help complaining about what there is to envy in the outside world. I just picked the ones to tell you about, so I made a bold decision.One time when I went home, I helped him escape and gave him 10,000 yuan and a mobile phone with which he could contact me. My heart ached at the time, but I was merciless. The next day, I heard my mother crying and howling.

I had already done everything and asked for leave. They thought I didn’t know anything and would just wander around the house like a headless fly.That night they sat in the main room, discussing where else to go, but in the end there was really no place to look for him. My dad said he would call the police if he couldn’t find him tomorrow. After raising him for so long, he couldn’t give others any advantage.After that, he went back to the house and slept.

I called him that night and asked him to come back. I heard that he didn’t want to come back, but he still agreed because he was afraid of implicating me. I left the day after he came back, not because I was afraid of being implicated, but because the time for my leave was up. I had no affection for them, only unwillingness.

I am their biological son, why don’t you put your hope in me instead of giving it to a person of unknown origin? I hated him a little at first, but then I began to sympathize with him. It was really miserable to be looked at by two strangers as if they were looking at a dog.”

“The next step is what I just talked about.” Qian Zhen fell back in relief, tapped his fingers on his legs, and looked at a few people.

There was no flaw in Qian Zhen’s expression, words, or actions, but it was the lack of any flaw that aroused Duan Linyun’s suspicion.

Duan Linyun stared into his stubborn eyes, smiled contemptuously, and said, “Do you think we are fools? We don’t know Qian Rui’s existence, which means Duan Xirui has put his tail behind him. How could the Duan family know, and how could the Duan family have the time to investigate an inconspicuous person. You sit here and you must be responsible for what you say.”

Qian Zhen really wanted to kneel down for them now. He slipped to the ground and knelt down to kowtow to the four of them. His forehead hit the ground and soon there were blood stains. Duan Linyun stepped on his shoulders to stop him from kowtowing. Qian Zhen still begged: “I’m really scared. This is different from what I thought. I really didn’t mean it. I just wanted to help Xiao Rui.”

“Actually, I told the Duan family about this,” Qian Zhen said this with resignation, “Xiao Rui will never hide anything from me. That night he told me about Duan Xirui’s confession to him. Combined with my observation of his clothes, words and deeds, I thought that he must not be a simple person.I went back and checked online and it came out. I thought about telling his family to stop coming to see Xiao Rui. Later, they gave me a hush fee and said they would solve it properly. I really didn’t expect that their approach was so extreme and they tied up Xiao Rui directly.”

“Later I got the news that Xiao Rui fell into the river.” Qian Zhen buried his head on the ground and hammered his head again and again. His clothes were all dirty and messy, and he was as embarrassed as he wanted.

Qian Zhen knelt on the ground and murmured to himself with despair: “I’m really afraid. I’m afraid of going to jail. He’s dead, but I’m still alive. I still have parents to support. You can’t let me die with him.”

“If I could have noticed something strange about him at that time, would there have been any consequences?” An Mingyu couldn’t help but choked with overwhelming regret.

Duan Linyun received a message, and then cursed secretly: “Brother Mingyu, I may have to leave Ancheng.”

“When and why was it so sudden?” An Mingyu didn’t want to accept being separated from his brother anymore, but he had no way to change the current situation.

“Next week, the Duan family will go to other places to develop,” Duan Linyun was not unhappy, but comforted him, “When you and your sister-in-law get married, I will definitely come back, and we will not return until we are drunk.”

Duan Linyun turned to look at the other two people. Although he was not as close as the two of them, they were friends who had gone through thick and thin together and were in the same boat. Duan Linyun didn’t want them to be involved, but there seemed to be a certain fate. They were the only ones who brought Qian Zhen, and they also provided the place for interrogation. Now that he wanted to know the truth, he bowed deeply.

“I would like to thank you on behalf of my brother. If I am needed for anything in the future, I will not refuse and will do my best.”

The two helped Duan Linyun up, and for a moment they didn’t know how to comfort her, so they just sent someone to take them home.

As time passed, An Mingyu lay in Han Han’s arms distressed, sighed feebly and said, “Am I too old-fashioned?”

“No, I think you are very good. You just need to sit down with Ayou calmly and have a good talk. You tell me your opinion, and he tells his, and maybe the problem will be solved.” Han Han stroked his temple, and there was a silver thread there. She desperately wanted to hide it.

“It’s up to you.”