False evidence

Chapter 440 Head-on Confrontation (5)

There's a lot of rain in the south; in just a short while, a light drizzle started again.

Tang Xianzong gripped Gu Haitao's arm tightly and pulled him into the house. "Come inside and tell me, what happened to you that made you look like this!"

"Hahaha!"

Gu Haitao grabbed him back, "You bastard, trying to play tricks on me. These are all distinguished guests I brought!"

As she spoke, she pulled Tang Xianzong toward the garage on the other side.

Tang Xianzong was clearly a very shrewd man. At this moment, his eyes still showed surprise, but even more so, delight.

The building on the side has an indoor parking garage on the first floor.

Gu Haitao and Tang Xianzong walked hand in hand with us up to the second floor.

Upon reaching the door, Tang Xianzong suddenly stared at Gu Haitao with a strange expression.

Gu Haitao was also stunned this time, then punched him on the shoulder again, "You bastard, you still doubt me? You see the state I'm in now, where would I get the house key? Hurry up and give me the spare key that's around your neck!"

Tang Xianzong, with a complicated expression, actually pulled a key threaded with a cotton rope from his neck.

The door opened, and there was no smell of dust or grime.

But what I saw made me sigh several times.

The building has a considerable floor area; the first floor can accommodate four cars.

However, behind the old iron gate on the second floor was a small and old suite.

Old-fashioned furniture, furnishings that don't belong to this era...

What caught my attention most was a folding round table with a tilted top.

Everything was exactly the same as what I saw in my dream that night.

Gu Haitao, who had been beaming with pride, immediately became somewhat somber upon entering the room.

He coughed and turned to Tang Xianzong, asking, "Xianzong, do you still have tea?"

"Yes, it's been changed twice this year, and hot water is prepared every day."

Tang Xianzong's voice trembled slightly as he walked to the side, set out cups, put in tea leaves, and brewed tea using an old-fashioned thermos.

Gao He sniffed and said, "This Gao Sui smells much better than the jasmine flowers in the bureau."

"Of course!" Gu Haitao chuckled. "You think this is just tea dust? This is top-quality jasmine, five hundred yuan a tael!"

Gao He stood up, took a cup of tea, and smelled it again. "It is indeed good tea, so why is it so broken?"

Gu Haitao laughed, "What's 'gao sui'? It's just tea dust. I'm not picky about alcohol or cigarettes, but when it comes to tea... the better the tea, the harder it is to stop! Back when Qiaomei and I were at our poorest, we drank 'gao sui'. I still love it now, but bad tea just doesn't taste right. So Xianzhong gave me a terrible idea. Buy good tea leaves, grind them into dust, and that's 'gao sui'! Haha!"

Tang Xianzong smiled and shook his head, asking, "Still the same as before?"

Gu Haitao nodded: "Unchanged."

Seeing Tang Xianzong leave, Gu Haitao told us:

Tang Xianzong was an outstanding student in college, but he lost his promising future due to heartbreak.

Yue Rong shook her head and said that people should value relationships, but to take it to this point is foolish.

"You only know one side of the story."

Gu Haitao sighed, "Xianzhong grew up in an orphanage. He started dating during college. For three years, that woman became not only his lover but also his family."

Tong Xiangnan said, "That's understandable. Not everyone can bear the feeling of losing a lover and a family member at the same time. Moreover, he was too young at that time."

Gu Haitao said, "I've tried to persuade him more than once, even resorting to reverse psychology. I called him 'bastard,' just to remind him that the woman betrayed him and cuckolded him. I wanted him to hate her. But this old geezer is just stubborn. However, he's not exactly a pushover either. He used to call me by my nickname 'Tiger.' Later, when I called him 'bastard,' he started calling me 'Little Tiger.'" "That's not really an insult," Erpang muttered. "Tang Yin's name was Tang Bohu, wasn't it?"

Gu Haitao glared at him. "I'm asking you, who gave birth to the little tiger?"

"A tigress!"

"Then we'll just intercept it!" Gu Haitao exclaimed, his eyes wide. "He said my mother is a tigress!"

"Haha...hahahaha..."

I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Once he starts laughing, it's really hard to stop.

Yue Rong nudged me, "You're being rude, aren't you? This is someone else's house."

I stopped laughing, but couldn't suppress the chuckle, and said to her, "This trip was definitely worthwhile."

"What do you mean?" Yue Rong asked, puzzled.

I shook my head: "Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed."

When we saw Tang Xianzong carrying in a large copper pot with lit charcoal, we finally understood what "that's how it is" meant.

Gu Haitao said that the house he and Ji Qiaomei lived in before was not spacious, but they would sometimes invite friends over for dinner.

He couldn't bear to let his sick wife prepare meals, so whenever he hosted guests at home, it was always hot pot.

The 'slum' inside this mansion is really small.

More than ten people were crammed together to eat hot pot, and there wasn't enough room to sit down, so they simply let Chen Zudao, Tong Xiangnan, Wei Lan, and Yue Rong sit down, while the rest of them stood up and ate with their bowls in hand.

Seeing that Gu Haitao was about to drink again, I was really impatient. "Are you planning to treat the hospital like your own home?"

Gu Haitao said, "My time is really running out. If I can be young again before I go, it would be a shame not to enjoy it to the fullest."

Tang Xianzong drank a cup with him, then put down his cup and said:
"I won't ask you why it turned out this way, I'm just asking you, is it going to end in death again?"

Gu Haitao chuckled dryly, "Have you lost your mind? This body isn't mine anymore. I'd like to live a good life, but for some young person to die? That's not something a human being should do."

Tang Xianzong closed his eyes briefly, then opened them and said:
“After you had the car accident, I told Jiabao and his wife about your illness.”

Gu Haitao glanced at him sideways: "Then what method did you use to get them to treat my illness?"

“I told them that after you learned you had liver disease, you had already made a will,” Tang Xianzong said. “I will keep the will. If you live for a year, I will tear it up. If you don’t live for a year, I will donate all of the Luo family’s property according to the contents of the will.”

"That's high!" Gu Haitao gave him a thumbs up.

"You have liver disease?" Erpang asked.

"Ah."

"Then why are you still drinking?"

"This body isn't mine. I don't want anyone else's life, but I can at least use this body to have some fun, right?"

Erpang was speechless.

I finally understand why he drank himself to death.

Gao whispered to me, "Don't just focus on eating, don't forget why we're here."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Shuanzhu, who had been lying by the door gnawing on a bone, suddenly stood up and let out a bark.

(End of this chapter)