The press conference began under the watchful eyes of thousands and ended with Zhang Kai's startling revelation.
People from the provincial government came down to re - establish a special task force to re - examine this year's cases.
At the same time, Tang Tang sorted out some documents. In the past few days, she talked with Zuo Mu again. Zuo Mu came to this hospital because he wanted to take on Tang Gu.
People above had long suspected that Tang Gu was actually Liu Yi.
However, the person who had contact with Zuo Mu was cautious and didn't disclose this matter.
Why was Tang Gu, a meritorious figure, forced to have plastic surgery in the end?
She wanted to investigate this and do something for her father. But for the major case that happened more than a decade ago, there was very little information available this year, only a few official documents.
On the second day of her investigation, Tang Tang received a compressed file in her email. The sender was a jumbled code. Zuo Mu couldn't trace the address, and the other side destroyed it immediately when he tried to dig deeper.
This familiar style felt like it was from a certain someone.
After Tang Tang decompressed the file, she found that it indeed contained evidence about those people she had been investigating.
The more Tang Tang read these evidences, the more shocked she became.
At the beginning of next month, the major case was re - examined. Tang Tang appeared in court and presented every detail of that year in front of everyone.
It turned out that back then, Tang Tang's mother, Tang Tang, didn't die on the operating table due to her own health problems. Instead, people from the provincial department bribed the hospital staff at that time to delay the medication, which caused her to die on the operating table because of a few seconds of delay.
She had survived the bullets and the enemy's encirclement but died on the operating table at the hands of her own people.
At that time, she was already six months pregnant.
It was a tragic loss of two lives.
Liu Yi almost lost his life on the way back and was rescued by a passer - by.
There were also those innocent organs.
People from the provincial department and the hospital had long colluded with the old forces of the Shen family.
On the day of the trial, after two weeks of continuous rain, the sky suddenly cleared. Tang Tang presented all the details of that year in front of everyone.
The whole court was in an uproar.
The case was forced to be suspended for a re - investigation of the events of that year. When Tang Tang left the courtroom, she saw Tang Gu being taken in and her mother who seemed oblivious to everything.
Tang Gu glanced at Tang Tang and smiled faintly, "You've done a great job."
Tang Tang opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, she said nothing.
As if knowing what Tang Tang wanted to say, Tang Gu looked at her with a smile and said, "You'll always be my child."
This ambiguous statement suddenly made Tang Tang feel relieved.
"Don't care about others' opinions."
This case, which was related to events more than a decade ago, had a significant impact and involved many people. The investigation took three months. On a sunny afternoon, the case was finally closed.
On the day of the closure, Tang Tang and Zuo Mu went to have a look but didn't go inside. They just squatted on the road.
After squatting for a while, Tang Tang got bored. She saw a cotton - candy vendor nearby and dragged Zuo Mu over.
Zuo Mu was helplessly dragged along. As soon as they got there, they saw Shen Tian in the alley, also holding a cotton - candy.
"Here, for you."
Shen Tian handed the cotton - candy to Tang Tang and reached into his pocket for a cigarette.
This scene was so familiar, just like their first meeting. Tang Tang walked over, took the cotton - candy, and glanced at Shen Tian. "You can smoke less."
Shen Tian smiled. "I'm taking a flight tomorrow."
Tang Tang paused for a moment while eating the candy. Right, Shen Tian had already accomplished what he wanted to do.
Shen Tian raised his hand as if he wanted to poke Tang Tang's forehead, but he retracted it before the action was completed. He looked up at Tang Tang with a smile.
"I'm leaving."
Tang Tang frowned slightly but quickly relaxed.
Just as Shen Tian passed by her, Tang Tang pursed her lips and whispered, "Goodbye."
The corner of Shen Tian's mouth curved slightly, but he said nothing.
Tang Tang felt a pang in her heart. She turned around, but Zuo Mu grabbed her hand.
"Your hands are all sticky. Are you still in senior two or in kindergarten, Tang Tang?"
Tang Tang stretched out her hands and let Zuo Mu wipe them. She looked at Zuo Mu with a big smile.
"Still smiling."
Zuo Mu reached out and tapped Tang Tang's nose. "Shall we wait here for a while or leave directly?"
Tang Tang made a humming sound and squatted next to Zuo Mu. "I've come here with so much effort. I want to stay and see the case being closed, and then go back."
Zuo Mu didn't stop her. He sat down on a small stone with Tang Tang in a rather unseemly way. Tang Tang held the cotton - candy and put it to Zuo Mu's mouth. Zuo Mu took a bite and frowned. "It's too sweet."
Tang Tang chuckled. "It's delicious."
The clouds in the sky drifted by. Since this case was special and not open to the public, there were several media outlets at the entrance, all holding huge cameras and sweating profusely in the heat.
Tang Tang and Zuo Mu were squatting in the shade. Seeing the sweat on the media people's faces, Tang Tang quickly took another bite of the cotton - candy.
The phone in her pocket rang. Tang Tang got distracted and looked. It was Huang Xiaoli.
Without hesitation, Tang Tang answered the call. As soon as she did, Huang Xiaoli shouted on the other end, "Tang Tang! Where the hell are you!"
"Do you know that this class is a quiz by the strict teacher? Do you not want to live anymore? If you have such an idea, can you not trouble the strict teacher? I can replace her!"
Huang Xiaoli scolded like a machine - gun, not caring whether the other person agreed or not. She just started shouting, "Didn't you say you'd be back in one class? I told Lao He that you went to the toilet with diarrhea. Well, you've been gone for two classes! Lao He just asked me if you were still not back. What should I say? When will you be back!"
Tang Tang had already moved the phone away when Huang Xiaoli started shouting. She waited until Huang Xiaoli finished before she slowly replied, "I'm not coming back. I'll come back this afternoon."
Huang Xiaoli was about to start scolding again.
Zuo Mu raised his eyebrows and looked at Tang Tang. "Didn't you tell me that you were taking a half - day off today?"
Huang Xiaoli heard Zuo Mu's words on the phone and immediately exposed the truth, "She's not taking a day off. We're in senior three. You won't find anyone as leisurely as her in the whole grade."
Tang Tang, "..."
Zuo Mu squinted his eyes. Tang Tang started to laugh awkwardly, holding the cotton - candy. "Well, haha... um..."
Zuo Mu looked at Tang Tang slowly. "What?"
If you had to say where Tang Tang learned her laid - back attitude from, it was from Zuo Mu.
Zuo Mu glanced at Tang Tang. "Speak."
Tang Tang decided to confess. She quickly asked for leniency. "I thought the morning classes weren't important. I can do the papers this afternoon. Today's event is too big. I wanted to come and see. Brother..."
The later words became more and more pitiful. Zuo Mu glanced at Tang Tang but didn't expose her. He simply said, "Go to class."
Tang Tang lowered her head, accepted her fate, took the cotton - candy, and went to the intersection to take a taxi back to school.
Zuo Mu watched her act but didn't expose her.
Tang Tang looked like someone going to war after a long - distance farewell, looking back every few steps. It made Zuo Mu's heart melt.
When Tang Tang looked back for the third time, Zuo Mu called out to her, "What do you want for dinner?"
Tang Tang made a humming sound. "I want to eat beef."
"Okay, I'll cook it for you."