District 9

Late at night, downstairs at my father-in-law's house.

Lin Chengdong sat in the car and smoked quietly, looking at the dark street with slightly dull eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

After waiting for a short while, the wife came out wearing pajamas and a coat, stretched out her hand and opened the car door.

"Hey, did you fall into the chimney?" The wife reached out and fanned her nose, frowned at Lin Chengdong and said, "Put out the cigarette, it's too choking."

Lin Chengdong turned his head and glanced at his wife, then threw the cigarette butt out of the car: "Where is Yangyang?"

"We are playing upstairs." The wife got into the car and asked with some confusion, "Why don't you go upstairs?"

"Your dad gets angry when he sees me. Why should I go up and make him unhappy?" Lin Chengdong replied with his head lowered.

The wife was silent for a while, then changed the subject: "What's wrong with your face?"

"It's okay. I was playing in the academy and someone touched me." Lin Chengdong waved his hand and gasped, "You and your child can leave tomorrow."

"Ah?" The wife was stunned: "What did you say?"

"I told you and Yangyang to leave tomorrow." Lin Chengdong looked at her and replied: "The procedures for leaving the district have been completed, but some of your personal information has not yet been moved out. You can leave first, and the rest I'll find someone to handle the matter and mail it to you later."

"No...why?" the daughter-in-law asked anxiously: "Didn't we agree that it will be in two days? I haven't booked a flight ticket yet, and I haven't bought some things yet."

"It's different where you buy things?" Lin Chengdong replied with a slightly impatient tone: "Listen to me, let's leave tomorrow."

"Why? You have to leave time for me to meet my friends...!" The daughter-in-law was very dissatisfied and wanted to refuse.

"Can you listen to me once!" Lin Chengdong turned around and yelled: "Can you also sacrifice your own personal affairs?!"

The daughter-in-law was a little confused by the yelling: "If you have something to say, please tell me...you...what are you calling?"

"call!"

Lin Chengdong took a long breath, looked at the windshield with a slightly tired face and replied: "I encountered something, some troubles. If you leave tomorrow, you can help me, okay?"

"What trouble?"

"Stop asking, just listen to me, okay?!" Lin Chengdong turned his head and stared at his wife.

After the wife was silent for a long time, she said very suddenly: "Chengdong, is there someone outside you?"

When Lin Chengdong heard this, his expression was very speechless. The two have been married for many years, and he only asked her to leave for two days, but her first reaction was to speculate that she was having an affair.

I don’t know when secrets began to exist between husband and wife, and there began to be subconscious distrust.

"No." Lin Chengdong shook his head.

"Okay, I'll book a flight as soon as I get back." The wife didn't argue anymore, turned to look at Lin Chengdong and asked, "Do you want to go up and see the child?"

Lin Chengdong was startled again: "No, I'll go back to the college. After you book your flight, send me a text message and I'll pick you up on time."

"Okay." The wife opened the car door and stepped out.

Before parting, the couple barely said anything about themselves except for a conversation about their children. There is no sweetness, no thoughtful advice, more like a business "partner".

Lin Chengdong sat in the car and lit a cigarette again. After smoking it quietly, he drove away from the downstairs of his father-in-law's house and parked in a place where he could see the unit door.

After turning on the air conditioner and lowering the window a small crack, Lin Chengdong filled the gun with gunpowder. He was covered with a coat and looked at the door of his father-in-law's house blankly. He doesn't plan to leave tonight and wants to stay here all night.

Lin Chengdong was ready to fight at any time. As long as someone came, he would rather die than protect his family.

On the ice at the port, Qin Yu held the foodie's naive little hand and continued to call Lin Chengdong while walking, but the latter had turned off his phone.

"Ah, which little sister are you calling again, Mr. Qin?" Lin Hanhan asked teasingly.

"Don't talk nonsense." Qin Yu frowned and said, "I called Chengdong. He asked to come, but the phone was turned off."

"...You seem to have a good relationship with him?" Lin Hanhan asked curiously.

"He, Gu Yan and I have lived in the same dormitory for more than a year." Qin Yu explained softly, "We get along very well."

"A man's homosexuality?"

"Yes, I came to you just to cover up the fact that I am a gay." Qin Yu nodded.

"Hey~ let go of me, I'm getting goosebumps."

"...!"

The two of them chatted and laughed and stopped talking about Lin Chengdong. Qin Yu also thought that Lin Chengdong had something to do and it was not convenient for him to come over for the time being.

…

The next day, it was around ten o'clock in the morning.

Lin Chengdong drove his wife and children back home, picked up some luggage bags that he had prepared earlier, and then drove to the airport.

On the way, the rather naughty Yangyang rummaged around in the car and finally touched the S-gun in Lin Chengdong's coat.

"Wow, big gun!" Yangyang exclaimed and was about to take it over and play with it.

The wife grabbed the gun and put it back inside Lin Chengdong's clothes. Then she frowned and asked, "How can you still have a gun in the academy?"

"There is a case, let me help with the investigation." Lin Chengdong responded casually: "It is temporarily issued and will be withdrawn in a few days."

Sure enough, the wife didn't even press the question. She just took out her phone and called his father: "Hello? Yes, we'll be at the airport soon. Okay, okay, I'll tell Chengdong to hurry up..."

…

About forty minutes later, inside the airport.

Lin Chengdong squatted at the security checkpoint and stroked his son's head with a smile: "When you go there, you must listen to your mother, go to school well, and make more friends..."

"Dad, I want you to go too."

"Dad has to go to work and can't accompany you." Lin Chengdong's eyes were full of reluctance, because he was currently involved in bad things, and his wife couldn't come back with her children every three to five months, so this separation, he might I won’t see my children for a year or two.

"Dad, I will study hard, make a lot of money when I grow up, and won't let grandpa scold you." Yangyang put his arms around Lin Chengdong's neck and kissed him on the face.

Lin Chengdong was stunned for a long time and replied with red eyes: "My son is damn smart and understands everything, haha!"

The father and son chatted for a while in the noisy airport hall. The father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and others came over and wanted to take Yangyang through the security check.

"Take care of yourself when you get there." Lin Chengdong looked at his wife and said, "Don't be too frugal. If you are short of money, just call me."

"Well, you are doing well at home. If you have time, go to dad's place more often." The daughter-in-law replied, stroking her hair.

"Um!"

After the two of them nodded to each other, the wife took the child and waved to her family: "Okay, don't give it away, let's go back. Forget it this year, we will come back by the end of next year at the latest."

The family members were very reluctant to leave. After saying a few words to Qingqing and the child, they watched them leave.

Lin Chengdong's hanging heart finally settled after he saw the couple entering the security check with his own eyes. He said hello to his father-in-law and others symbolically, and left in a hurry.

…

Back in the car, Lin Chengdong took out the S-gun from the handbag and turned on the phone with an expressionless expression. Before he could think of the next countermeasure, a strange man suddenly opened his car door and got in.

"Snapped!"

After Lin Chengdong was startled, he directly put the muzzle of the gun on the opponent's head.

"Haha, don't get excited, I'm just a messenger." The strange man replied with a smile: "He wants to see you."

"Who wants to see me?" Lin Chengdong asked.

"Don't you know?" the strange man asked.