The First Light

On the outskirts of City L, moonlight shines on the mountains in the northeast.

The car window was half opened, and Guo Yang stretched out one hand from the window. The cigarette held between his index finger and middle finger was already half burned, and the ash fell silently.

Zhang Chen, who was sitting next to him, was speaking half-drunk and half-awake. Those words sounded extremely vague, but logical.Guo Yang closed his eyes, held up a cigarette, and listened quietly without saying a word.

"He is my senior brother and my best friend. We were known as double detectives in the police academy at the time."

"He is from L city, and every time he goes back to school in the provincial capital, he will bring me a special product, cantaloupe, which is a specialty of L city. So, after I came to L city, I ate a lot of cantaloupe every autumn."

"My family is in the provincial capital. He came home with me on weekends for dinner. My mom and dad liked him very much, saying that he and I were like twin sons."

"His family is in L City, but I have never been there. During the holiday of my sophomore year, he invited me to come to L City to play. I didn't go at that time. Because of a particularly ridiculous reason, my junior high school reunion was free with him It was the same day. That's why I didn't go! Why didn't I go! If I had gone! Why did I end up here!"

"My shooting is No.1 in the whole grade, but the total number of rings can't keep up with him. I can't even catch Sanda. Those are his specialties. Not only these, he is also very good in cultural subjects. He is the provincial champion in mathematics in the college entrance examination. He is very smart, very real, he is my best friend, I sometimes feel that he and I were born by the same mother."

Zhang Chen raised his head as he spoke, but the tears didn't flow down, and slowly dried up in his squinted eye sockets.

"What happened later?" The cigarette in Guo Yang's hand burned to ashes, and he snuffed out the cigarette butt on the thick old firefly in his hand.

"Later, when I returned to school in the first semester of my senior year, he disappeared. He didn't return to school on time, and his mobile phone number became empty, blocking all contact information between me and others. This person just disappeared, and the world evaporated." Zhang Chen sat up and straightened his body.Guo Yang still kept his mouth shut and stopped talking.

"I searched for him for a long time, asked his classmates, asked other friends, they had the same caliber, he dropped out. I don't believe it, why did he drop out? Why did he drop out? What he swore to say to be a Is the dream of a policeman who eliminates violence and maintains safety all fucking bullshit? It is impossible for him to drop out of school, I can’t accept it, I can’t believe it. In the end, I tried my best and asked countless friends to find out the truth about his dropout " Zhang Chen turned his head and looked at Guo Yang, "Do you know? He didn't drop out of school."

Guo Yang didn't answer, just watched quietly, waiting for Zhang Chen to continue.

"He was expelled. During the winter vacation, he got into a fight with people in L city and was expelled from the school!" Zhang Chen said, picking up the half pack of cigarettes that Guo Yang had just put down, and took out a cigarette, "I passed my father, investigated That gang fight in L City at that time, who the hell were they! Three punks, five junior high school students! One him! Was he the one who beat them eight! He was a quasi-policeman and eight and a half teenagers. child brawl?"

"So you came to City L after graduation?"

"Yes, I'm actually under a lot of pressure because of this." Zhang Chen took a deep puff of the cigarette, and the cigarette choked into his throat. He opened the door, held the car and vomited outside.

After the cigarette was extinguished, Guo Yang took out the purified water in the car and handed it to Zhang Chen to rinse his mouth.

After vomiting, Zhang Chen leaned on the car for a while, threw away the cigarette butt he had only smoked in his hand, and was already sober from the wine.

"What psychological pressure do you have?" Guo Yang asked.

"Graduation, you graduate from college with hats on, we're not, I'm not. We want all, all graduates, those of us who are ready to be cops, take off your shoes, socks, bare Running around a one-kilometer gravel road with extremely potholes in the school garden tells us that for all those who are about to become policemen, your road is not easy! It will hurt, feel sad, and feel that you don’t want to go You have taken the next step, but you have to persist, this is the path you choose, you have the justice in your heart, you have the fairness in your heart, and you have the responsibility in your heart! But, I know that my heart is not so pure, I came to City L to find a friend, my original intention to be a policeman? It's not that simple anymore. Sometimes, I feel a little ashamed of the police uniform I wear."

"Did you find him when you came to L City?" Guo Yang asked.

"No, even if I'm a policeman, no criminal policeman can find him. How big can L city be? Its population is only nearly 1000 million, which is nothing in China. It's not even three-quarters of our provincial capital. But I can’t find it, there is no trace at all, I couldn’t find the last record of that fight, the address of their home, let alone their home, I don’t even have the name of this person, such an ordinary person I couldn't even find the name in the population database of City L."

"What's his name?" Guo Yang asked, "Maybe I can help you."

Zhang Chen picked up the water in his hand, took a sip, and whispered, "Jiang Rui."

"Just know the name, and sooner or later you will find it."

"I'm sorry, I've said so much here, and I'm just embarrassing you." Zhang Chen said to Guo Yang with a weak smile.

"It's okay, actually I'm quite envious of you, but unfortunately I don't have any memory of my past, a very important time, just like the Liu Yixiao we met today, I only remember her beauty, her name, and even her address, Remembering the feeling of admiration I had for her, but just not being able to remember what we had been through. It was hard, too."

"That's not good, it's enough to remember these, if you remember that you two still have a child, then you will be too miserable." Zhang Chen laughed and opened the car door.

Zhang Chen and Guo Yang lay in the car overnight, and when the morning sun rose from the mountains the next day, they slowly opened their eyes.

"Hello?" Zhang Chen picked up the phone and put it to his ear, Han Yan's voice came from the receiver.

"Zhang Chen, Dashan, Huangmao's case is almost closed. Dashan's online... still hasn't been found."

"Well, any clues?"

"No. That person is quite cunning." Han Yan said and paused, "We are a little worried about your safety now, you'd better, or find a place to travel first?"

"No need." Zhang Chen laughed, "I won't expose it. In the end, Dashan Huangmao and the others didn't know it was my business."

After hanging up the phone, Guo Yang had already tidied up on the side, sat up straight and pulled the seat belt: "Send you back?"

"Okay. I had a great time chatting with you last night, thank you."

Guo Yang turned his head and looked at Zhang Chen: "Thank you!"

On the third day after Jiang Rui arrived in L City, the little drug king Lang Kun brought him a lot of cash, and he secured a room in a villa area in the suburbs where almost no one lived.

Jiang Rui seldom goes out every day. He is not afraid that the little poison king Langkun will arrange for him to follow him, or ask someone to follow him secretly. Compared with this, he is worried that if he bumps into an acquaintance in L City, it will be too troublesome. Although his image is quite different from that of the past, since he went to Yunnan with Xu Shaofei in his senior year, he has never appeared in L City again.However, he knew in his heart that as long as he went out, he would be in danger, because his parents and all his family members were still here.Once seen by them, the road below will be very difficult. If the latter plan fails due to this reason, his efforts in Thailand in the early stage will be in vain.

Every day, at his "home", he thought over and over some questions. In an inland area like City L, what kind of actions did the little poison king arrange, what exactly was the "spot" he mentioned, what Dr. Huang talked about What is that "experimental product" talking about? Could it be that they really established a drug manufacturing machine in Northeast China, which is thousands of miles away from Thailand?Or, they planted some unknown "bomb" here.

After resting for several days, Zhang Chen cut his hair short and returned to the serious crime team refreshed.

"You're back! Handsome guy!" Meimei, the youngest girl in the group, greeted him warmly.

"Morning!" Zhang Chen came to his seat, and before he could sit still, Liu Yifan brought a few brothers over and stopped Zhang Chen.

"Okay, you, look at the photos posted in your circle of friends, I heard that you know rich people?"

"What's the matter, you can't just have fun by yourself, can you? You have to bring some of our brothers..."

"Zhang Chen!" Team Leader Zhu roared, startling everyone, and everyone stood at attention.

"Here!" Zhang Chen saluted, "Leader!"

Zhu Xiong was about to get angry, but when he saw Zhang Chen's short hair and a police uniform, he smiled again, "Fortunately, I didn't bring back your stinky body. It's okay, okay, keep it up!"

"Yes! Never let down the leader's cultivation!" Zhang Chen was about to sit down with a smirk, but was stopped by Han Yan: "Xiao Zhangchen, you go to the police with me. I just received a report that there is a family in this city hiding Poison. Let's go together."

"Marijuana or candy?" Zhang Chen asked while taking the bag.