The First Light

one year later

Jiang Rui finished his one-year job in the Frontier Anti-Drug Team and was assigned back to L City.He picked up his luggage, bid farewell to Xu Shaofei, and embarked on a journey northward.

On the day I got out of the car to report, I met Han Yan.

"Team Leader Han! Jiang Rui is here to report!" Jiang Rui walked into the office of the Seventh Criminal Brigade and saluted Han Yan.

"If you call me Team Leader Han, I'll call you Mr. Director." Han Yan said with a smile, "I'll call you Sister Han from now on."

"Yes!"

"You go home and rest for three days, and then come back to work after tidying up."

"I want to see Guo Yang, and..." Jiang Rui whispered.

Before Jiang Rui finished speaking, Sister Han stopped him, as if she knew what he was going to say and didn't want to hear it: "You go."

Zhang Tianming moved his family to L City. For an unexpected reason, he has been here for a year, not far from his hometown, the provincial capital. Moreover, Jiang Mo solved his job and transferred to L City to continue to be his ordinary policeman. It is also convenient to take care of... children at home.

Zhang Tianming was a little surprised by Jiang Rui's sudden visit. His lover was at work today, and he and his child were the only ones at home.

"Jiang Rui is here?" Zhang Tianming smiled happily and pulled him into the room, "Come, come in and sit."

Jiang Rui changed his shoes, walked into the living room, and put the things in his hand on the table: "When I came back, I passed by the provincial capital, and I brought you some specialties from my hometown."

"You child, come as soon as you come, and bring something. Are we so polite?"

"I'm afraid you'll think about it." Just as Jiang Rui was about to walk to the sofa, he pushed the door out of the room alone: ​​"Dad, is there a guest?"

"Oh, come on, let me introduce you, this is your brother's classmate, named Jiang Rui."

"Hello. I'm Zhang Chen's elder brother, and my name is Zhang Xu."

Jiang Rui faced the outstretched hand of the person in front of him, he didn't know how to shake it, the person in front of him with a sincere smile, the person who stretched out a hand to shake his hand, this person introduced himself to himself The person in question was Lang Kun who lived with him in the small town near the sea in Thailand, Zhang Jiu who sent him to China, and the son of Pichai Yin who did all kinds of evil.

Zhang Tianming saw Jiang Rui's expression, turned to Zhang Xu and said, "Go in. Jiang Rui is a little... unwilling to talk to strangers."

"Okay. Goodbye!" Zhang Xu waved to Jiang Rui and returned to the room.

Seeing Zhang Xu go in, Jiang Rui turned to Zhang Tianming and asked, "Uncle Zhang, has he lost his memory?"

"It's not really amnesia." Zhang Tianming smiled, "He just woke up, and he has no consciousness."

"I remember when he was in Yunnan, he was in a vegetable state?"

"Yes." Zhang Tianming nodded, "I'll bring him back to take care of him. Sorry, in the eyes of everyone...maybe including Zhang Chen, he is a heinous criminal, but he is still my child , It was because I failed to take care of him and teach him for so many years, which made him mentally twisted, and made him..."

"When did he wake up?"

"Actually...he could have woken up a long time ago. But Guo Hai and Professor Lin hypnotized him based on a drug that Dr. Qi used back then."

"That medicine! That medicine was what he used to poison Guo Yang back then!"

"Yes." Zhang Tianming nodded, "Professor Lin and Guo Hai formulated a new type of drug based on the formula of that drug, and are using it for clinical trials."

"Does he still have memory?"

"No, when he fell off the bridge, the current was too fast. When he rushed to the shore, he hit a rock. There was an organic problem with his brain. When he was rescued, the doctor said that his memory might be There will be problems, I didn’t expect to be unconscious for several months, and then I woke up. I didn’t have any consciousness, and Professor Lin and Guo Hai gave him medicine.”

"Are you still going to my mother for a follow-up visit?"

"Go. Go often."

"My mother will... take good care of him."

"Just talk about us, how are you doing?"

"I'm fine. My service period in Yunnan has expired, and I was also exposed in Thailand. The leader transferred me back to do criminal investigation. It's a coincidence that it's Zhang Chen's police force!"

Zhang Tianming's smile froze on his face: "It would be great if Zhang Chen was here, you...friends who have been friends for so many years can finally work together."

"Uncle Zhang, I, I have to go and see Guo Yang, so I won't bother you any more."

"Guo Yang?" Zhang Tianming was taken aback, "Where are you going...to see Guo Yang?"

"Go to his house, isn't he at home?"

"do not you know?"

Two days later

A dilapidated bus was driving on the winding mountain road. Behind the windshield of the bus was a sign that read "Kunming-Xishuangbanna-Nanmeng" in red.

Jiang Rui jumped out of the car. With a bag on his back and a phone in his hand, he walked up to an old man sitting on the side of the road. The old man raised his head and put his hands behind his ears, listening to the man's question. The back of the ear points to a small bamboo building in the village. From a distance, the small bamboo building is lit with lights.

Jiang Rui walked to the door of the small bamboo building and heard the CCTV news broadcasting on the TV in the house. He opened the door and saw the host with his back turned to him, cooking in front of the simple stove.

Jiang Rui walked two steps slowly towards the room: "Guo Yang?"

Guo Yang turned his head and saw Jiang Rui, who was carrying a bag, and smiled.

There were a few simple Yunnan dishes on the table, Guo Yang was holding Northeast sorghum wine in his hand, and filled Jiang Rui's, and then filled his own wine glass.

"Jiang Rui, where are you from?"

"City L, in fact, not long after I returned from Yunnan, I heard Zhang Chen...my father said, I ran back when you were here."

"I just want to stay here for a while, maybe if I can find Zhang Chen."

"Yeah, I've been looking for a year too." Jiang Rui drank the wine in his hand, "Back then, when we ran to that hospital, I really thought Zhang Chen had found it. I didn't expect to find Lang Kun !"

"Haha, this is fate, and the other person I found is not Zhang Chen at all."

"Really!" Jiang Rui poured another glass and drank it in one gulp, "Really! I think there are two people, and it must be Zhang Chen! Why not!"

"This is fate." Guo Yang smiled wryly, "Zhang Chen came here because of me, and also because I stayed here."

"It's not your fault, it's his brother!"

"His brother... okay?"

"His life is good." Jiang Rui didn't want to say it, picked up the wine and poured it for Guo Yang, "No one's life is better than his."

The two men had a few bottles of wine, and the Dai village in the middle of the night was quiet with a bright moon and few stars.But in this night, two drunk men from the Northeast actually sang a song with their arms around their shoulders in rough voices. The tune was simple, catchy, but infinitely sad. With the occasional crying, everyone in this village lost sleep.

"At the end of the sky, at the corner of the earth, the intersection is half scattered, a pot of turbidity... the wine is full of joy, don't dream cold tonight, travel thousands of miles, have a glass of wine, and the voice is chattering. ... lingering."

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