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

At that time, Bincheng had entered the late autumn.

The work is so busy, and the children have been taken care of by Xin Qi, Min Hui feels that she has returned to the single era 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 slow, 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 Bencheng 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 the closest to the elevator. 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 in the middle of the night every day. Mr. Ding said that everyone's hard work is not rewarded, beer Supper is open for supply."

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 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 untied, and it was slung over his neck, "We are the creative department, no Where do you get inspiration for a drink? If you don’t get inspiration, it’s good to relieve fatigue—this is the exclusive benefit of the R&D department.”

As he spoke, he walked in front of her, and the smell of alcohol in his mouth 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 guys drink. But all the girls here must get off work immediately," Min Hui said firmly, "We can't afford it, we can always hide. As a leader, you must at least consider the safety of the female employees!"

There are not many female programmers in the R&D department, and there are less than 20 of them in total, and 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? Are you still directing me?" Ding Yifeng pointed to his nose and said, "I am the boss and I have the final say. Before the work is done, I don't nod my head, and no one wants to leave. The same is true for you. Just come back, a lot of things are waiting for you. Tongguang's customers have been settled? How is GS2.0 progressing? Come to my office, 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 already completed the task you assigned, I just got off the train, I am very tired and need to Go home and rest."

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

Min Hui looked up at the sky and was speechless.

"Women's work is secondary. If you want to get promoted and get rich, the most important thing is to please your leader—" Seeing that Min Hui didn't refute, Ding Yifeng put his hand on her shoulder, patted her pretending to care, and saw her She didn't move, her hand moved down her arm, Min Hui's backhand was a slap!

"Snapped!"

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

"Help! There are perverts!"

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, fleeing 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 looked up, and 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 and comforted her while taking out her phone, "I'll call the police."

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

Seeing that the deadline for several projects is approaching, as the director, he is very busy. 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 rushed up to beat him. The small office area suddenly became the scene of a group fight. Ding Yifeng wanted to go in and 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 pay for it. 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 because the alcohol had passed, Wang Tongyuan began to shout his grievance: "I didn't do anything! I drank too much and wanted to go to the toilet, 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. I was so scared that my soul flew out. Now! Shameless thief!"

When Zhang Xiaohan heard this, he was so angry that he rushed up and wanted to beat him again, 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 is Friday. , 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 it? He can't stand up straight after drinking, and he can push down with his fingers. How can he do anything else? I went to the wrong place, and of course it's not right! I'll criticize and educate him. Well, you go home too, you just got off the train and need a rest. Let's 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 drank 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 go."

"Then I won't leave, and I will stay here to 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 are here, they will investigate and collect evidence. The relevant people, etc., need to be questioned one by one." Certainly not in time.”

Ding Yifeng gritted his teeth in silence, weighed it in his heart, and finally said to the grid: "Ladies, you can get off 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 quickly called back: "Xin Qi, are you looking for me?"

"Where are you?" On the other side of the phone, his voice was a little dull, obviously 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 had never been so serious before, and she had an ominous premonition: "What happened?"

Over 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.

Qingteng 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 there, sitting on the sofa with her knees tucked.

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

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

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

Xin Qi walked up to her and whispered, "Someone claimed that on June 28, four years ago, the day after Su Tian's accident, in a river beach five kilometers south of the Mushuihe Bridge Her body was found."

"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-like 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 came up with 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 and fished in the reeds. A floating corpse was found in the middle of the house. 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 is a person with a criminal record, and has served five years in prison for robbery and intentional assault. He said he didn't want to salvage her, and he thought there might be something valuable on her body, so he fetched her up. I searched and found nothing. I was afraid that it would be related to me, so I secretly buried it. The next day he went to Guangzhou to work, and he has never returned to his hometown since then, and he does not know about the reward. This month he I went back to the village to do errands, and heard relatives mention our revelation about finding people. I calculated that the time was right, and the gender and age of the deceased were similar, so I came over and contacted us." Deng Chen paused, then said, "But the body of the deceased There was no yellow jacket, it was probably washed away by the flood."

Hearing this, Min Hui 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 it was inconvenient to pass it on. Gave a picture of the bracelet. Look at it, 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.

When 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 one. 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 Observation, you can determine the true and false.”

"Didn't your dad make a lot of bracelets like this? 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 this was true, and when asked by Xin Qi, she began to hesitate again: "Yes, this possibility is also possible. In my hometown, many girls have worn silver jewelry made by my father, 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.

"In any case, we need to go to the 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, "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 dazed.

She sighed softly, 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, it's impossible to confirm."

"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 door of the balcony, "I want to be alone for a while."