August is the month that Hu Guiqin hates the most, not because of the heat of summer, but because of the large and small entrance banquets that emptied her wallet.

Some colleagues who had been with her for less than a month would also call her to sit down at the table. Hu Guiqin secretly cursed these shameless people in her heart.

After receiving Li Lijuan's invitation, Hu Guiqin sighed. She must go to this old sister's college entrance banquet. Her eldest son is the top scorer in the college entrance examination, and Li Lijuan has been showing off for nearly a week.

I heard that there were two entrance banquets. The first banquet was for the children’s teachers and leaders of the education department, and the second banquet was for relatives and friends.

Hu Guiqin arrived late, and Lao Xia and his family were taking a group photo in front of the No. 1 pick poster.

Li Lijuan was half a head taller than Xia Guojun. At this time, her face was full of spring breeze, and she could be as proud as she wanted. Xia Guojun's cheeks were red, and humility and pride appeared alternately on his face.

The only unhappy ones are the second son and the youngest, who didn’t even smile when they were taken together.

"You're here, I thought you had something to do and couldn't come." After taking the photo, Li Lijuan held Hu Guiqin's hand tightly.

"It's such a big happy event for your family, can I not come? Congratulations." Hu Guiqin said and handed a bright red envelope to Li Lijuan.

Li Lijuan casually put it into her bag. Xia Guojun glanced greedily at the cross-body bag that was about to be burst by the red envelope. Li Lijuan quickly zipped it up, cutting off Xia Guojun's idea of ​​taking the opportunity to steal a few.

"Xia Xuan, your family, is so impressive. Among ten thousand children, you can't choose this one to be the best."

"Hey, these two things are the best out of ten thousand. One was demoted because of fighting, and the other is stupid and stupid. In a few years, they will take the college entrance examination, and I will be embarrassed to hold a college entrance banquet."

Xia Xi and Xia Tian lowered their heads at the same time. Their mother had scolded them more than once in front of their eldest brother and outsiders.

The brother and sister wisely left hand in hand.

"I really hope mom can go to study with me." Xia Xi and Xia Tian sat down at a table with few people.

"Do we have to take the college entrance examination? No matter how hard I try, I can't reach my brother's level." Xia Tian thought about her college entrance banquet in a few years. Her mother would probably be like today, mercilessly in front of everyone.

Compare her to her elder brother.

"I have to take the exam. I want to take the exam for the police academy." Xia Xi said.

Soon, the table was filled with people.

Xia Xi and Xia Tian took the initiative to give up their seats. They came to the balcony, and the sun shined through the clouds on the two brothers and sisters.

"Second brother, I want to go home secretly." Xia Tian did not hide his painful expression.

"You are the youngest and a girl. Mom will not ask you too much. Remember not to drink the drinks prepared by the restaurant later, and don't eat the broken cake. I will take you to eat something delicious after you are done here."

Xi rubbed Xia Tian's hair and said, "Come."

Xia Xi pulled Xia Tian into her arms, pointed to the north and said to her: "I have my eye on a police academy in the north. If I pass the exam, you will also apply here and we will live together in the north."

Xia Tian asked stupidly: "Aren't you coming back in the future?"

Xia Xi smiled and did not answer.

Xia Tian turned around and asked: "Is it cold in the north?"

Xia Xi blinked and the ripples that instantly arose were gone. He shook his head nonchalantly and exaggeratedly and said, "My heart is not as cold as mine."

"You two spend every day together, you really look like a couple."

The two of them turned around, and it turned out to be the number one scholar who had shone brightly on the lintel.

Sometimes you offend someone even though you have done nothing.

Xia Xi said with a cold face: "You don't want to be embarrassed on this happy day, do you?"

Xia Xuan raised the corner of his mouth and said provocatively: "If you can't study well, you can only do this."

Xia Xi rushed over, grabbed Xia Xuan's collar, and raised his fist.

Xia Xuan raised his head, waiting for his fist to come down.

Xia Tian came between the two of them, held Xia Xi's arms with both hands and begged: "Second brother, don't be impulsive. All relatives and friends are here. Mom and Dad are embarrassed. Besides, it will be difficult to see eldest brother in the future. Let's spend the summer vacation well."

The two brothers' faces darkened.

Xia Xi finally put down his fist, and after a while, he cursed: "It doesn't matter if you don't see him in this life, just go back to your mother, get out!"

"As if my mother is not your mother." Xia Xuan turned around and took two steps before suddenly stopping. With his back to them, his tone was surprisingly gentle: "If you want to get into the police academy, you can't just fight, play less games."

, otherwise you will become short-sighted, and don’t get tattoos. Schools don’t want them. It’s very cold in the north every day, but you can’t catch the cold if you wear more clothes. It’s not like here, where the winter is cold and cold. No matter where you go to college in the future, you have to come back to visit during the winter and summer vacations.

Parents, don’t just play for yourself.”

After Xia Xuan left, Xia Xia said in confusion: "Second brother, eldest brother is a little strange today."

Xia Xi watched Xia Xuan pass through the guests and walked to his mother, and said in disgust: "Whatever."

If Xia Tian knew that this was the last time he talked to his eldest brother, maybe he would say a few more words, and even catch up to him and ask him what happened?

There is no regret medicine in this world, and the people and things you miss can never be made up for.

Xia Tian woke up in heart-wrenching pain, the waiter's scream still echoing in her ears. She saw Xia Xuan lying on the cold ground in the private room, and Xia Xi standing at the door with a sharp knife in his hand.

All the guests were like "zombies" wreaking havoc in the hotel, and were finally "subdued" by the waiters, chefs and the arriving police.

Xia Tian heard her mother's screams, followed by the buzzing of the 120 ambulance. It was just like the sound of the ambulance she was traveling in this afternoon. It was harsh and sharp, making people feel that death was so close.

The only person accompanying her in front of the hospital bed was her cousin Jin Yan.

"Sister, what did you see?" There were tears in the corners of Jin Yan's eyes. She took advantage of the police outside the door not paying attention and asked her first.

"I saw my eldest brother lying on the ground..." Xia Tian was standing behind the waiter at that time. She didn't scream, she fainted from fright, "Where is my eldest brother?"

"Dead." Jin Yan said, tears streaming down her face.

"How could it be?" Xia Tian pressed her chest tightly, "What about second brother? Where are my parents?"

"Brother Xiaoxi is missing. My aunt fainted like you. She's not awake yet. My mother is with her."

At this time, two policemen, a man and a woman, came in one after another. The policewoman was smiling and holding a book in her hand, and asked her: "Are you feeling better now? Can you answer some questions for me?"

Xia Tian suddenly stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes, like a blind man.

"Sister, what's wrong with you? Can't you see?" Jin Yan asked her nervously.

"No." From this moment on, Xia Tian's eyes could no longer see any color, but she had no time to take care of her own eyes at this time.

"How did my eldest brother die?"

"Answer me first. The waiter said that you followed her into the box. What did you see then?"

"What's the meaning?"

"Tell me exactly what you saw."

She saw Xia Xi holding a sharp knife in his hand, and Xia Xuan fell in front of him, motionless like a dead person, with the three-layer cake falling to the ground and cream splashing everywhere.

Is there any blood on the elder brother?

Xia Tian doesn't remember, but if he tells the police about the knife in his second brother's hand, then the second brother will definitely be regarded as a suspect.

Lying?

When she met the policewoman's sharp eyes like an eagle, she gave up.

What's the use of her lying? Maybe the waiter had already told everything he saw. If she lied for the second brother, it would be counterproductive.

"I saw my second brother holding a knife in his hand and my eldest brother lying on the ground..."

"Is there anyone else in the house?"

"I didn't pay attention, but as soon as the waiter shouted 'murder', I fainted from fright."

"How is your second brother's relationship with your eldest brother?"

"that's it."

"Do you often argue?"

"Isn't it normal for brothers and sisters to quarrel?"

"Please answer my question directly."

"There are some minor quarrels, but this year, the eldest brother has been studying hard. We hardly see each other except for breakfast, so there is no chance to quarrel."

"I heard that your mother prefers your eldest brother. Does your second brother hold a grudge against this?"

The implication behind these words is that the second brother is clearly regarded as the murderer!

Xia Tian replied angrily: "I am also dissatisfied with my mother's partiality, but even if I am dissatisfied, I am still dissatisfied with my mother. Would I kill someone for such a ridiculous reason?"

The male policeman said: "Jealousy can make people do extremely cruel things."

"Tsk." The female police officer glanced reproachfully at her colleague, "No more questions, classmate, have a good rest."

Seeing that they were about to leave, Xia Tian reached out and grabbed the corner of the policewoman's clothes, and the medicine bag hanging above shook violently.

"Be careful." The female police officer refastened the medicine bag.

"Sister, please tell me, was it my second brother who killed my eldest brother?"

"We are still investigating."

"Then please tell me, how did my elder brother die? Were there any stab wounds on his body?" Xia Tian's tears burst out, "Sister, please, I will never tell others."

Jin Yan also cried when she thought that her cousin's family was in pieces.
To be continued...