don't sacrifice

As for the memory of that afternoon, it is a bit vague to recall first.I can only remember that it was the hottest day in the summer of 24. At that time, [-]-year-old Zhou Qichen had just been transferred to Beihai City, and he hadn't fully gotten used to the dry climate in the north.That afternoon, he was listless lying on the desk in his office, listening to the cicadas outside the window, complaining in his heart that the director's replacement order was absolutely absurd.

Suddenly there was a noise outside the door, and a rough male voice was swearing vaguely.What's wrong?Thinking of this, Zhou Qichen got up and went to the hall to check the situation.

I saw a middle-aged, chubby man who was excitedly tugging on a young man by his collar, desperately dragging him away from the police station, and swearing at him.

"I didn't learn well at such a young age, I stole something from Lao Tzu, and I caught him on the spot! Pooh, what..."

I probably figured out what was going on.Zhou Qichen and several other colleagues hurried forward to stop them, "Hey, comrade, let go first." Zhou Qichen grabbed the man's hand and said sternly, "It's all in the police station, what's the matter? Speak well, don't do it!"

"Boy, you told me not to do anything?" The man stopped, turned his head and gave Zhou Qichen a look, "The policeman is amazing! Do you know how much money this kid stole from me? He almost robbed me of my annual salary." stole!"

As he said that, he turned his head and looked at the young man again, "You know what, this is my wages for moving bricks and mortar for a year! Why are you so short-sighted? There are so many rich people in Beihai City, and you just stole my money!" Working abroad!"

The man was aggrieved, and tightly grabbed the boy by the collar, almost lifting the slender boy up.The young man kept silent, pursed his mouth and lowered his head vigorously without looking at anyone. Zhou Qichen couldn't stand it any longer, so he finally broke away the man's big hand that was clamping his collar.

Due to inertia, the boy didn't react for a while, and sat down on the ground.Zhou Qichen went up to help him, "Are you okay?"

"Hey, you little policeman, you went to care about the thief!" The man was a little annoyed when he saw this, and spat on the ground, "It doesn't matter if this harmful thing dies!"

When the young man heard the man's words, a murderous look flashed in his eyes, but after a flash, he returned to the dimness just now.

"What's the matter, he's a thief and he's also a human being!" Zhou Qichen raised his voice, as if he had vented all the grievances accumulated in this sweltering summer, "Your words are so outrageous, you don't allow people a chance to repent ? Who will not make mistakes in this life, and there is a law to punish him if he makes a mistake, there is no need for you to show off your power and be rough on a child here!"

As soon as he said this, the hall was suddenly quiet for a few seconds.Then the man seemed to add fuel to the fire, until he let the boy go, he grabbed Zhou Qichen and refused to let him go.Several colleagues in the bureau came to persuade, and there were some aunts who had nothing to do at the door.But Zhou Qichen was very upset for some reason, and insisted on arguing with that man endlessly.

Seeing that the situation was uncontrollable, a quick-legged little policeman ran to the director.When the director came, the man and Zhou Qichen were already about to fight.

"Stop!" The director shouted when he came, and the people in the hall fell silent.

"What are you doing here!" The director's surname is Tu, just by hearing his surname, one can tell how domineering he is.Even though he is over 40 years old, he still sounds like a bell when he trains people, and he is very confident. At this time, he shocked the entire hall with his power.

"You are in charge, aren't you?" Seeing the director coming, the man strode forward and said to the director, "Hurry up and take care of your people. As a policeman, you are still speaking for the thief. Pooh..."

"You..." Zhou Qichen wanted to continue to refute, but he swallowed those words when he saw Chief Tu gave him a hard look.

"Comrade, I'm really sorry." Director Tu explained to the man, "Our little comrade was just transferred here, young man, easy to get excited. Besides, is there something wrong with you? Do they all understand each other?"

Before the man could speak, Chief Tu turned his head to Zhou Qichen and another small police officer and said, "Little Zhou Xiaoxu, why are you still standing there, take them to make a record!"

"Oh!" Officer Xiao Xu came to his senses, and stepped forward to the man and said, "Come on, come with me, and make a record first."

Before leaving, the man gave Zhou Qichen a blank look, muttered and left with Xiao Xu.Zhou Qichen saw the director's eyes full of anger when he looked at him, and thought that a criticism would be inevitable in a while.

Just approve it, Zhou Qichen doesn't care.He turned back to the silent boy and said, "Hey, let's do the transcript."

The young man stood up slowly, lowered his head, and followed Zhou Qichen to the interrogation room.There were only the two of them in the interrogation room, Zhou Qichen moved a bench over for him to sit on, and himself sat opposite to him.

"Tell me, what's your name, how old are you, and why did you steal from someone?" He took a notebook from behind, opened it and lowered his head to record, but the young man remained silent, "I'm asking you something!" Zhou Qichen said briefly. Looking up impatiently, he saw that the boy had already looked up at him.This young man was very thin and clean, about thirteen or fourteen years old, his eyes were like deep obsidian, but now his eye sockets were slightly red.

Zhou Qichen had seen a lot of young thieves of this size, most of them were controlled by others, or because their families were poor.But Du is incredibly sophisticated and tactful, and stubborn and blunt.The boy's reaction surprised him a little.

"Boy." Zhou Qichen stood up from the chair, walked to the boy and squatted down.He wanted to meet the boy's gaze, but the boy kept avoiding his gaze, so he stretched out his hand and roughly turned the boy's face to meet him, "Listen, I don't care why you made a mistake, But if you make a mistake, you have to bear the consequences. Don't cry like a girl."

"I didn't cry..." The boy lowered his eyes and opened his mouth.

"Okay, okay, you didn't cry." Zhou Qichen let go, returned to his chair and sat down, "Can you answer my question now?"

"...My name is Bai Huaijin, I'm 14 years old." The boy was silent for a while, then said softly.

"The name is good." Zhou Qichen lowered his head and recorded in his notebook, "Why did you make a mistake this time?"

This time, Bai Huaijin was silent for a longer time before speaking in a softer voice, "I... am short of money."

"Lack of money?" Zhou Qichen thought his answer was a little funny, "That's 1 yuan. Are you so short of money as a kid?"

Seeing that Bai Huaijin was silent again, Zhou Qichen felt that he might have something to hide, who knows?But he still wants to persuade him.

"Xiaobai." He gave others a nickname without authorization, "You look up at me."

Bai Huaijin raised his head, his dark eyes reflected Zhou Qichen's outline.

"This 1 yuan is not a small amount, no matter what the reason is this time, stealing is always wrong." Zhou Qichen said solemnly, "You are still young, there will always be a better way to solve the problem, right? Don't let yourself be infamous for the rest of your life because of impulsiveness, otherwise your family will be very sad."

"I..." Bai Huaijin hesitated, but finally said nothing.He just looked at Zhou Qichen and nodded heavily.

"I just said, Xiaobai, you are not a bad boy, and you must correct this mistake in the future." Zhou Qichen smiled slightly, and reached out to touch Xiaobai's head, "Well, I will call your parents and ask They just have to come over and do the formalities."

"I...my parents are no longer local." Xiaobai said.

"Then do you have any other relatives? If not, you can be a school teacher." Zhou Qichen frowned slightly.

"I have a sister..."

"Then you go and call your sister and ask her to come." Zhou Qichen pointed to the landline beside him.

Not long after Xiaobai finished making the phone call, a woman rushed over.Her eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Xiaobai's, and she can tell at a glance that she is Xiaobai's sister Bai Yuxi.

When Bai Yuxi came, he slapped Xiaobai so hard that Zhou Qichen couldn't help but stepped forward to persuade her to calm down.This Bai Yuxi didn't say much, as if she felt that her brother's doing this was too embarrassing.After quickly completing the formalities at the bureau, he dragged Xiaobai away.

Zhou Qichen sent the two of them to the door, and Bai Yuxi went to call a taxi.He had time to look at Xiaobai's red face.

"Does it hurt?"

Xiao Bai shook his head and said, "I deserve it."

Zhou Qichen sighed, "You're still young and you can do everything in time. I hope that when I see you next time, you'll already be grown up." After speaking, he patted Xiaobai on the shoulder.

When the siblings got into the car, Zhou Qichen still stood at the door and watched.He laughed at himself because he also had a stomachache, so he turned around and went back.

Therefore, he did not see the glass that Xiaobai shook down in the next second, and his hesitant expression.

At that time, he couldn't imagine that they would see each other again in the future.