Starting from you are my glory

"Answer the phone!"

In the speeding car, when he heard the busy signal from his mobile phone that was not connected, Lu Xingzhi, who was usually in a stable mood, slammed his palms on the steering wheel in front of him.

Ever since Wei Zhengrong applied for a job transfer, he has been in a special state where you clearly know that he is still there, but you don't answer calls, don't reply to text messages, and you can't touch him at all.

The Sky Eye system, which has been gradually promoted in recent years, allowed Lu Xingzhi to see the increasingly older Wei Zhengrong from the camera terminal in that familiar noodle shop.

Moreover, the habit of adding a few spoonfuls of chili pepper to clear noodle soup has disappeared, and my eating habits have become more refined.

Wei Zhengrong is old.

Lu Xingzhi drove all the way like this, and in his mind, the process of handling the case flashed frame by frame, and his anxious mood because he couldn't get through the phone calmed down again.

"Hey, Captain Lu." When they arrived at the police station where Wei Zhengrong was now, Lu Xingzhi went to the director's office first.

Director Li looked at Lu Xingzhi outside the door and asked with surprise, "Why do you come to my place when you have time?"

"I'm here to see Master Wei." Lu Xingzhi smiled, "There is a case that requires his guidance."

"By the way, I asked Li Suo for a leave."

"Okay, no problem." Li Suo didn't hesitate. He stood up and took Lu Xingzhi away. As he walked, he said, "Actually, Lao Wei is completely underestimating his talent here!"

"Every day, he either follows those young men to sweep the streets, or he is responsible for borrowing and registering books in the library's reading room. If you ask me, this is not what he, an old detective, should do!"

"This case." Director Li hesitated and lowered his voice, "Is it related to the serial murder case more than ten years ago?"

Lu Xingzhi was not sure whether the young man sitting in his office, who kept saying that he had evidence, really had the evidence as he said, so he hesitated for a moment.

"Understood." Director Li nodded, "We are all comrades. You have disciplines that you must abide by. I shouldn't ask."

Come on, seeing Director Li being so considerate, Lu Xingzhi gave up his desire to explain and followed Director Li for a while, then turned a corner and arrived at the reading room.

"Old Wei!"

The door of the reading room was open. Director Li went straight in and shouted: "Captain Lu is here to find you."

Then he turned around and faced Lu Xing behind him.

"I'll give you half a month's leave first. It's not enough for you to call me directly."

"Then what, I'll go back first."

"Li Suo, you are busy with your business."

After seeing off Director Li, in the empty reading room, there were only Wei Zhengrong, who was arranging books with his head down, and Lu Xingzhi, who was standing at the door, not knowing what to say.

"Why didn't you answer the phone after making several calls?"

Wei Zhengrong didn't say anything, but Lu Xingzhi couldn't hold his breath anymore, so he spoke first: "Something happened."

"You are a criminal police officer, what do you want to do with me, a police officer?" Wei Zhengrong didn't even raise his head or even turn his eyes. However, Lu Xingzhi knew that Wei Zhengrong was evading, and he couldn't face himself. There is no way to face the former comrades, let alone the families of the victims. Their eyes are mixed with prayer.

"There is progress in the case."

After Lu Xingzhi said a light word, he saw Wei Zhengrong, who was carefully sorting the books, stopped.

"case."

"The serial murder case 11 years ago!"

Wei Zhengrong's hands were trembling. He tried hard to raise his head and look at his former apprentice, wanting to ask questions, but he took a deep breath. Since he chose to be a deserter back then, how could he still have any face now? Go back again?

"That's a good thing." Wei Zhengrong tried to keep his tone soothing and calm, "Xingzhi, I am no longer a criminal policeman. There has been progress in the case back then, and I am happy for you."

"It's not necessary."

Wei Zhengrong looked at the wrinkles on his hands, grinned and smiled self-deprecatingly, "There's no need to tell this old guy like me, who thinks about retirement all day long."

"More than half an hour ago, a young man I didn't know came to my office and said he had clues about the serial murder case 11 years ago."

You obviously care a lot, but you insist on pretending not to care. Master Wei, Master Wei, 11 years have passed, but your habits will not change at all.

Yes, if you really changed, you would no longer be Wei Zhengrong!

Lu Xingzhi did not answer the question, but continued to talk to himself, "But he named me and asked you and I to be present before handing over the clues and information."

"That's because we still don't know whether the clues are true or false." Wei Zhengrong found another clear reason for himself from Lu Xingzhi's words, "Xingzhi, you are now the youngest criminal police captain in the city. You must have Make your own judgment.”

"I don't want your judgment to be biased or even emotional because the matter involves me back then."

"I still have to go to work. Even though I'm going to retire, as long as I'm on the job for one day, I have to stick to it."

"Leaving one's post is not good, and the impact is not good either."

"I just asked Li Suo for leave!" Lu Xingzhi became irritable again, "Li Suo just said he would give you half a month first. If it's not enough, I'll give you more!"

"You don't count as leaving your post!"

"If you feel that the process is not in compliance with the regulations, I will call Director Huo now and ask him to issue a transfer order immediately!"

"Hey..." As soon as Wei Zhengrong raised his hand, Lu Xingzhi's phone number was dialed.

"Huo Ju, I..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he was blocked. On the other end of the phone, in Director Huo's office, Xiao Ming followed Zhang Shanshan. Director Huo sat opposite, stared at Zhang Shanshan's face, and answered the phone.

"What are you doing, Wei Zhengrong!"

Bureau Huo is now full of anger and has no place to vent his anger. He just saw this stranger in Xiao Lu's office, with Xiao Ming following him, so he asked casually. He didn't expect that it was related to an unsolved murder case 11 years ago. How could Bureau Huo still be there? As long as he could bear it, he immediately brought Zhang Shanshan to his office, but no matter how he asked, he didn't say anything. He just said that he wanted to see Lu Xingzhi and Wei Zhengrong.

"Huo Ju, I'm right here, Master Wei is right in front of me."

"Then why don't you bring him back to me quickly!"

"Bureau Huo, please issue a transfer order to make the procedures comply with regulations."

"How long has it been since this old guard did this to me!" Huo Ju said angrily, "In our bureau back then, Wei Zhengrong was the one who didn't follow the rules the most!"

"I'm going to issue the order now!"

"Is it that Officer Wei doesn't want to come over?" Zhang Shanshan, who had been sitting quietly on the sofa, spoke up.

"He'll be here soon."

"I was about to give him a transfer order."

"It's getting late." Without answering Huo Ju's words, Zhang Shanshan glanced at the clock hanging on the wall. It had been almost an hour since he came in.

"Please tell Inspector Wei."

Zhang Shanshan pulled the corners of his mouth and forced himself to show the saddest smile in the most ugly way.

"I have information about the real cause of Bai Xiaofu's death that year!"

"She was chased before she was hit by a car!"

Zhang Shanshan's words were not loud, but when they reached Lu Xingzhi's ears through the landline phone and the mobile phone, they were no less than a thunder.

"Bai Xiaofu."

Lu Xingzhi squeezed out these three words from his throat, causing Wei Zhengrong, who had been avoiding them, to immediately turn his head.

"It may have been a car accident caused by a pursuit!"

Wei Zhengrong's eyes were sharp and he was staring at Lu Xingzhi at the door. His chest was heaving violently, like an aging lion king, gathering strength to prepare for the last hunt in his life!

"What are you doing standing there?!"

"Go!"

In a daze, Lu Xingzhi seemed to have returned to 11 years ago, when he had just entered the Criminal Police Brigade of the Public Security Bureau and followed Wei Zhengrong on his first police call. He was so young and didn't understand anything. That day, Master Wei Just like before, he shouted angrily to follow him.