16 Blood is thicker than water
The next morning, we returned to the Du family mansion and met Du Ling's parents and brother.
Du Ling's father was Du Cheng and his mother was Zhang Ning. The two old men looked haggard and bloodshot. After receiving a call from Tang Sijia last night, they rushed to the Du family mansion and waited for Keer and me here for a whole night.
Du Ling's brother is Du Yi, two years older than Du Ling, tall, firm face, and red eyes. He rushed back from abroad overnight after receiving the news and did not sleep all night.
After a brief greeting, we went upstairs to the study room and talked about Du Ling.
The butler brought us tea, then took the maid out of the study and closed the door.
The study suddenly became quiet.
Du Cheng and his wife looked at each other, and then Du Yi asked me, "Brother Wu Zheng, what's going on with my sister? Who is hurting her?"
"Zhang Qiang", I said lightly.
"Zhang Qiang?" Du Cheng and his wife were stunned, "Which Zhang Qiang?"
"Your nephew, Sister Du Ling's cousin, Zhang Qiang," I looked at Zhang Ning, "He is the mastermind of this matter."
"This... this is impossible?" Zhang Ning couldn't believe it, "Wu Zheng, are you making a mistake?"
"That's right," I said, "It's Zhang Qiang."
"But Zhang Qiang is not such a person." Zhang Ning was very excited. "He... He likes Ling Ling so much, how could he harm her? Besides, he doesn't know any evil tricks! You must have made a mistake! You must have made a mistake!"
"Yes," Du Cheng also said, "Wu Zheng, I heard from Miss Tang that the person named Cheng Xue used a mirror to capture Ling Ling's soul. How could Zhang Qiang happen here? Did you make a mistake?"
I smiled calmly, "That's right, it's him."
"Do you have evidence?" Zhang Ning asked excitedly.
"No evidence", I looked at her, "But aunt, what I'm talking about is the fact."
"Facts?" Zhang Ning frowned, "You have no evidence, how can you convince me that this is the fact?"
I was silent for a moment, picked up the tea, and took a sip without panic.
"Tell me!" Zhang Ning was a little anxious, "How did you make me believe this is the truth? My nephew is such a good child, how could he harm my daughter?"
"Mom!" Du Yi shouted coldly, "Enough!"
"You!" Zhang Ning was angry, "Why are you talking to me?"
"You know more than anyone else in your heart!" Du Yi sneered, "Stop lying on yourself!"
"Du Yi!" Du Cheng glared, "Why do you talk to your mother like this? Apologize to your mother!"
"Why should I apologize?" Du Yi stared at his father, "Zhang Qiang, this beast, has always been unscrupulous to Ling Ling! Don't you know? If something happened to Ling Ling this time, if Brother Wu Zheng hadn't rushed to Nandao to save her, she would have died long ago! When is it that you are still protecting your good nephew? He is your fucking nephew, Ling Ling and I are your flesh and blood!"
"You... you rebellious!" Zhang Ning shivered in anger, "I knew that you would be angry to death when you come back! You just want me to die!"
"If you think so, I can't do anything about it." Du Yi turned around and looked at me, "Brother Wu Zheng, my parents are confused, don't be as knowledgeable as them! If I believe you, you will only talk about what to do about this matter, I will listen to you!"
When Du Cheng heard this, he quickly said, "Yes! Wu Zheng! I believe you too. What do you say, let's do what we do!"
"You...you..." Zhang Ning was so angry, "Zhang Qiang won't harm Ling Ling!"
"Say less!" Du Cheng was angry, "Wu Zheng has no grudges with him, why do they wrongly accuse him? Besides, we have to let everyone finish their words!"
Zhang Ning tried hard to calm down, cleared his throat, and said to me, "Okay, Wu Zheng, why do you determine that this was done by Zhang Qiang? I know you are a Feng Shui master, you don't need evidence, but at least you have to make us believe and convince us, right?"
Ke'er smiled disdainfully and couldn't help but say, "Auntie, you can't eat any tiger poison. Mr. Du is like this. Do you still have to protect your baby nephew? Is Mr. Du your daughter?"
Zhang Ning frowned, "Ling Ling is my daughter of course, why can't I care about her? But Zhang Qiang is not such a person, he is not! If you want me to believe it, you have to convince me! I have raised him for thirty-two years, so I can't just say that I'm a beast!"
Ke'er still wanted to speak, so I winked at her and signaled her not to say anything.
Ke'er glanced at Zhang Ning and gave up.
Zhang Ning also eased his tone and turned to me, "Wu Zheng, I don't want evidence, but you have to convince me! Is this request too much?"
I shook my head, "Not too much."
"Then tell me, why do you think that it was Zhang Qiang who harmed Ling Ling?" She looked at me.
Du Yi frowned, "Mom! It's too much!"
"Stop!" Zhang Ning roared, "I don't want to listen to you! I don't have your son!"
Du Yi smiled coldly, "Okay, without me, it's enough for you to have Zhang Qiang. But I put my words here, I believe Brother Wu Zheng's words, Zhang Qiang, I will kill him with my own hands!"
"You!" Zhang Ning was furious and picked up the teacup and was about to throw it on his son.
Du Cheng held her hand and roared, "Stop making trouble! What are we doing? Ling Ling is like this, can you all say less!"
I stood up, "I can't talk about this, so you can calm down first. Keer, let's go."
"Yeah!" Keer stood up.
We turned around and were about to leave. When Du Yi saw it, he quickly stood up and grabbed me, "Brother, don't be angry! We won't make trouble!"
Du Cheng also quickly said, "Wu Zheng, don't leave! Let's listen to you, just do whatever you say!"
Zhang Ning also stood up, looked at me with tears in his eyes, and wanted to speak but stopped.
I looked at Du Cheng and his son, then Zhang Ning, thought for a moment, turned around and returned to the sofa, and sat down again.
Du Cheng and his son breathed a sigh of relief and sat down.
I took a sip of tea and looked at Zhang Ning, "Auntie, you want evidence, I don't. However, I can tell you a few private matters about the Du family. If I can say it right, would you believe me?"
Zhang Ning wiped his tears and smiled bitterly, "No need to say... I know you are a child who is very capable... I know... I know you won't wrongly accuse that beast... I just... I just can't accept it... I have raised him for thirty-two years! Where are thirty-two years..."
Du Cheng closed his eyes, sighed, and burst into tears, and reached out to bring Zhang Ning into his arms.
Zhang Ning covered her face and cried in her husband's arms.
Du Yi felt unbearable when he saw his mother like this, so he cleared his throat, "Mom, don't do this... I shouldn't have spoken that way just now, I was wrong..."
After all, he was his own son, and his blood was thicker than water. No matter how hard it was, he still felt sorry for his mother.
When Zhang Ning heard his son apologizing, he felt even more painful.
"Okay..." Du Cheng wiped his tears and comforted his wife, "Ling Ling is very dangerous now, let's listen to Wu Zheng's words about what to do."
Zhang Ning nodded in his tears, "Yeah..."
She turned around and apologized to me in tears, "Wu Zheng, it was the aunt who was too much just now. Don't take it to your heart... As long as we can save Lingling, we will listen to you..."
"Wu Zheng, don't mind," Du Cheng also said, "Tell me, what should we do, we all listen to you!"
Du Yi looked at his parents, "Dad, mom, this cannot be done like this!"
He turned around and looked at me, "Brother Wu Zheng, you are the younger brother recognized by Ling Ling, and you are my younger brother. We are a family. However, Feng Shui masters have the rules of Feng Shui masters, and we are our own people, so we should follow the rules. In this way, I won't ask you about your worth. I will give you 80 million yuan in this matter! Do you think it's okay?"
I was stunned, "Eighty million..."
"What? Not enough?" He looked at me, "That one hundred million!"
Chapter completed!