"At first …" In the small supermarket, the old man was still recounting what had happened that year. "My brother didn't intend to tell me what was in the safe!
"We all thought that it was just some belongings and account books," the old man said, shaking his head. "And, because we couldn't open it, our original plan was to take the safe with us!"
"But, there were many people in the building, and there were security guards at the door. It was too eye-catching to carry a big safe out!"
"Now that I think about it, it was quite dangerous!" The old man recalled. "On the day we were about to run away, my brother finally came up with an idea. He asked me to carry the safe with him to the basement and hide it."
"Naturally, we couldn't tell Su Zheng and the others about the safe, so my brother gave them some money in advance and sent them away!"
"Then, the two of us carried the safe downstairs …"
"The safe was very heavy. We used a cart to carry books and barely managed to carry it down the stairs. Then, we randomly opened a storage room in the basement and hid the safe in a corner.
"At that time," the old man pursed his lips. "I thought that it would be temporary, and that it wouldn't be long before I could come back with my brother and use the money in the safe to make a comeback!"
"But, I didn't expect that this would be the end of my life!"
"You just said that it was dangerous!" Zhao Yu asked. "What was dangerous?"
"Oh …" The old man suddenly remembered and said, "My brother and I hid the safe and pushed the cart back. But, as soon as we got to the door, we saw that there were already people rummaging through the company!"
"Needless to say, those people were definitely plainclothes …"
"If we had been one step too late, or if we hadn't hidden the safe, maybe by then, we wouldn't have been able to escape!"
"Oh …" Zhao Yu nodded and continued to ask, "Then, what happened? What happened next? Where was your brother? "
"Sigh!" The old man sighed heavily and said sadly, "After we escaped, I thought that we could just hide somewhere else, but … My brother contacted people to smuggle to Da O."
"I didn't want to go, saying that it was too dangerous, and it was too far from home.
But my brother was very determined, and he insisted on smuggling. "
"Then, we had a falling out at the dock. My brother had no choice but to confess that he had killed someone!
"After hearing that, I was dumbfounded. Only then did I know what was in the safe!
"Then, my brother persuaded me to follow him. There were plenty of opportunities to develop in Da O, and it wouldn't be too late to go back after I achieved something in the future!
"I was so scared. It was the first time in my life that I felt how scary my brother was …" the old man said. "He was a murderer. I … I didn't dare to go against him!
"I was afraid that if he got angry, he would kill me too … So, I had no choice but to follow him to Da O …"
"My … My Lord …" Upon hearing the old man's narration, the young man named Xiao Ming cried out in surprise. He had never expected the old man to have such a past.
"However, Da O and Shanghai are two completely different things," the old man continued. "Both of us tried to resume our old business, but we didn't succeed!
"There was tax exemption here, so they didn't need to falsify their accounts. They didn't need us to launder money either, as there were more professional consortiums to do that.
So, we could only change our line of work. We did a lot of business, but we didn't succeed … "
"Gradually, I couldn't take it anymore. I tried to leave here and go home, but there was no way out!" The old man said. "At that time, my brother's condition wasn't very stable. It wasn't just the failure of his business, but also the guilt in his heart.
He told me that he didn't regret killing the evil woman, her husband, and her son. But, he always felt guilty about their daughter. He felt that he shouldn't have killed that innocent girl. "
"He also said that he often dreamed of Youran. He dreamed that Youran would come to him …"
"Actually, at that time, I realized that he had a serious mental problem. But, I couldn't do anything about it, and I didn't dare to persuade him …"
"In the end, one night, my big brother climbed up an abandoned building and jumped down from the roof. He … he chose the same ending as You Ran …"
Oh?
Zhao Yu creased his eyebrows. He didn't expect Zhang Haoren to have already jumped off the building!
"To be honest," the old man said. "When I found out that my brother had jumped off the building, I felt a lot more relaxed! Yes, he was my brother, and we grew up together. But, ever since I found out that he was a murderer, everything changed! "
"To me, he was nothing but fear!"
"His death was a relief for both himself and me!"
The old man continued, "Originally, after my brother jumped off the building, I started planning to go home. But … Then, there was an accident!"
"When I was smuggling, I was discovered by the marine police. They almost caught me …"
"Luckily, I was good at swimming, so I managed to escape. Then … Then, just like in the TV series, I swam here. This was just a small fishing village!"
The people in the fishing village were very friendly, so they took me in.
"And … And …" He glanced at Xiaoming. "I even got to know his mother from here!"
"No … No way!" Xiaoming trembled, his eyes wide. "You … You want me to call you father? You … You …"
"Don't worry," the old man said. "You are not my biological son! When I met your mother, you were already three years old. Your father died in a shipwreck. Your mother saw that I was an honest person, so she followed me. "
"Then, we opened this supermarket together … Unfortunately, your mother died too early …"
What the …
Zhao Yu glanced at the young man and felt that he was acting in a TV series.
"Before your mother died, she entrusted you to me," the old man said. "So, although Da O has returned, I have given up on the idea of going home, because I have no family at home. Rather than going back, I might as well stay here. It feels more like home …"
"But …" The old man glanced at Zhao Yu and said sadly, "Now, whether I want to go back or not, I have to go back. Ha ha …"
"Life really goes by so quickly …"
"Dad … sob sob …" At this point, the young man actually cried, "I can't have you, sob sob, you're a good person …
"Sir …" The young man turned to Zhao Yu and said, "The murderer is not my father. It has been so many years, so he won't go to jail, right?
"Father …" The young man held the old man's hand again. "Don't worry, things are different now. Even if you have to go back, I will go with you. I still have to serve you …"
"Sigh!" Just then, Zhao Yu looked up at the sky and sighed.
Then, he approached the old man and said coldly, "Do you know how we found this place?"
"Um …" The old man trembled slightly and said, "I don't know … I thought this day would never come!"
"The first thing we found was the arm in the safe!" Zhao Yu said in a deep voice. "With DNA technology, it can't be faked anymore!"
"Oh … D … DNA …" The old man seemed to realize something, and his lips turned pale.
"You may not know who I am!" Zhao Yu smiled faintly and said, "You are not a younger brother, but an older brother!"
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