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"Lian Feng?" Hua Chong looked at the man in front of him, unable to hide his surprise, "Why are you here?"

Liu Zhiqin stood aside, looking at this man named "Lian Feng".

He was taller than Hua Gao, wearing a light gray shirt, black trousers, the shirt buttoned to the top, holding a dark brown leather men's handbag, and wearing a watch on his hand.With an inch-cut head, thick eyebrows and deep eyes, just looking at the appearance alone, it gives people a sense of oppression. The facial features are not outstanding, at least incomparable with Hua Chong, but there is a sharp look between the brows.

Liu Zhiqin concluded that this person was also a policeman before, and he was Hua Chong's teammate.

"I'm transferred to work in Los Angeles." Lian Feng raised his chin towards the construction site next to him, "It's here. After it opens, I will be a permanent resident."

"Zhousheng Shopping Center?" Hua Chong was surprised, "Why do you..."

"After I left the police force, I didn't stay in the system anymore. My family helped me find a job and worked in Wanqiao Real Estate." Lian Feng laughed and said, "Zhousheng is Wanqiao's property, and it bought the property here last year. Old Department Store, I was transferred here to 'reclaim wasteland'. How about you, still a policeman? How have you been these few years?"

"That's right, I haven't taken off my police uniform yet." Hua Chong patted Lian Feng's arm, "You're too good at this job, aren't you? You used to be an anti-terrorism special policeman who played with guns, but now you've changed and started to drive shopping center."

"What do you mean 'opening a shopping mall'? I work for the person who runs a shopping mall." Lian Feng looked quite honest when he laughed, "Actually, I wasn't used to it when I first left the police force. Let me put down the gun and stay in the office all day doing clerical jobs similar to freshmen's college students. It's so awkward. But my family always disapproved of my going to the police academy. When I was injured that time, it just "fulfilled" them. Now I think, There is nothing wrong with changing careers, why not do it?"

Hua Chong smiled and nodded.

Liu Zhiqin half-closed his eyes, staring at Lian Feng with a feeling.

Lian Feng felt his gaze, met his gaze, and looked at Hua Chong again, "Who is this?"

"My colleague." Hua Chong said.

"Then they are policemen too." Lian Feng nodded at Liu Zhiqin in a friendly manner.

Liu Zhiqin smiled lightly, "Hello."

At this time, someone on the construction site shouted: "President Lian! Come here!"

Hua Chong raised his eyebrows, "Has it been mixed into 'total'?"

"Where is that, they are yelling and playing." Lian Feng said and took out his mobile phone, "Leave a contact information, I will run between Los Angeles and Xucheng this year, and have a meal together another day, let's catch up."

On the way home, Liu Zhiqin asked: "Flower Team, is that Lian Feng your former teammate? Listening to the chat between you two, he doesn't seem to be a native of Los Angeles?"

"No. We met in Shacheng."

Liu Zhiqin's heart tightened, "That sand city in the northwest?"

"Well, didn't I go to the Northwest to participate in anti-terrorism a few years ago? Not only the special police from Los Angeles, but also elites from other provinces and cities across the country went there." Hua Chong smiled, "I didn't put money on my face, saying that I was Elites. The situation over there is more serious, and if you want to transfer there, you must have some skills. The term "elite" is mentioned above. After all, it is one thing to apply, and another thing to pass the centralized assessment."

"It's there that Lian Feng and I met. He went a year earlier than me. When I went, he was already familiar with the troops there and helped us a group of newcomers a lot. But to say Familiar, not too familiar. In the first year, I didn’t have many opportunities to go out on missions, and I couldn’t get into a group with him every time. When we went up in the second year, he was injured, here.” Patted by Hua Chong Patted his right rib, "No lung injury, but the mission can't be released for the time being. The medical conditions there are not good, so the team had to send him back to the original province. We never met again, only heard that he had I didn’t work as a police officer anymore. After all, it’s been almost 6 years. I still miss him when I saw him just now.”

"Do you miss your life in the northwest?" Liu Zhiqin asked softly.

Hua Chong held the steering wheel and didn't answer immediately, as if he was thinking.

"There are sandstorms in the spring over there, and the summer is extremely hot and the winter is extremely cold. I can't really miss it. But..."

Hua Chong paused, "I miss you a lot. It's been a long time since I left Northwest for 5 years, except my brother who is also in Los Angeles."

There was soothing music playing in the car, Liu Zhiqin looked at the traffic ahead, and asked after a long time: "Flower team, did anyone sacrifice when you were performing the mission?"

The car that had been running steadily stopped suddenly, and Liu Zhiqin turned sideways vigilantly, "Flower team?"

Hua Chong pursed his lips and continued to move forward, his voice sank a bit, "Sorry, I thought of some people."

"I'm sorry." Liu Zhiqin frowned, "I was the one who was abrupt."

Hua Chong sighed, "Sacrifice is indispensable. Every one of us who has been there is more or less prepared in our hearts. But it is not ourselves who sacrifice, but the teammates who live together. This is very difficult to accept. "

Liu Zhiqin listened silently.

"Some people have only met me face-to-face, and I don't even know their names. Some people are teammates in the same group as me. Before 'leaving', we even debated whether the beef is braised in brown sauce or stir-fried. Eat." Hua Chong pursed his lips, "They are all my brothers."

"Then you..." Liu Zhiqin couldn't help but speak out, almost saying the name buried deep in his heart.

"Huh?" Hua Chong squinted slightly, "What?"

Liu Zhiqin sighed secretly, "It's nothing. I'm sorry, I reminded you of the past."

The corner of Hua Chong's mouth slightly raised, "It's not a bad thing to think about them occasionally. We were by our side in the last moments of their lives. If even we forget about them..."

The car turned a corner, Hua Chong said: "Let's not talk about this."

For the rest of the journey, there was only the sound of music in the car, and the two of them had their own concerns, almost silent in tacit understanding.

The spring night was gentle and quiet, Liu Zhiqin sat on the balcony with a low stool, and transplanted the dendrobium he bought in the morning into flowerpots.

His back was facing the moonlight, his eyes were almost dimmed, his sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, exposing his muscular forearms.

Half an hour later, he moved the pots for all three dens of Dendrobium, cleaned the soil on the ground, and placed the Dendrobiums under the moonlight.

Among the folks, Dendrobium has an alias called "immortal grass".

He was never superstitious and knew that his elder brother would never come back to life.Planting a few dendrobiums is just a thought.

"Brother." His gaze was like a sea of ​​ice, without temperature, but it was full of waves.

Those people have been silent for many years, and now they finally showed their clues in Los Angeles.

He followed the clues all the way, and unexpectedly saw a face clearly among countless black shadows.

It's Hua Chong.

He didn't want to believe that Hua Chong had something to do with his brother's death.

A few years ago, he saw Hua Chong for the first time with heavy camouflage on his face.When this man laughed, his eyes were gentle and shining, and with just one glance, they fell into the bottom of his heart, shining brightly through the years.

The clues suddenly became a net, and he gently pinched the leaves of Dendrobium, his fingertips trembling with his heartbeat.

Hua Chong lay on the bed, tossing and turning.

Recently, I have been so focused on the case that I have no time for others. Today I ran into Lian Feng by chance, and suddenly remembered the long but short two years in the Northwest, and those people who never came back.

And that thing that has no clue but has to be tracked down.

Liu Zhiqin asked - why did you transfer from the special police detachment to the criminal investigation detachment?

In the past 5 years, many people have asked him the same question, and he never told anyone the real answer.

The last operation in the northwest ended up with an armed stronghold of a terrorist organization. It seemed to be successful, but there were many strange things in it.

Most importantly, his teammates died inexplicably.

After returning to Los Angeles from the Northwest, he used his network to secretly check many times, but found nothing.The special police detachment has many limitations in resources, not as good as the criminal investigation detachment.

On balance, he made a desperate decision to leave the special police detachment and join the criminal investigation detachment.

These years, he has never given up on the investigation, firstly because of his personality, and secondly, it was his dead brother who died.But one person's strength is limited, and there is no one to rely on, so the investigation is not going smoothly. To this day, he only knows that there was indeed an insider in the team back then, and the organization that seemed to be wiped out is actually still there. exist.

Who this inner ghost is is unknown.

For this matter, he has always kept a certain distance from his colleagues in the city bureau, even with Chen Zheng and Qu Zhi, he has not made friends.

But the appearance of Liu Zhiqin seemed to knock a crack into the transparent wall he built.He went home with Liu Zhiqin, invited Liu Zhiqin to his house for breakfast, went to the flower, bird and fish pet market with Liu Zhiqin, and finally took a walk.

For some unknown reason, it seemed relaxed when he was with Liu Zhiqin, as if the burden he had carried for a long time was temporarily let go.

There was a kind of familiar and deja vu smell about this man who came suddenly.

But he was sure that he didn't know Liu Zhiqin in the past.

And Liu Zhiqin also said personally that the first time they met was at Zhousheng Shopping Center on Qiaoxi Road.

So where did that feeling of déjà vu come from?

Hua Chong closed his eyes, then opened them again, staring at the ceiling in the darkness, a flash in his mind suddenly occurred.

Dendrobium?

"What the hell is this? Is it poisonous!"

"How can it be poisonous? This is dendrobium, soaked in water and drunk to improve eyesight. We are snipers, what can we do if our eyes are not good."

"Fuck, take it easy, don't poison yourself to death."

Everyone laughed, and the laughter faded away, like a fading sea tide.

Hua Chong patted his forehead lightly, saying that he was thinking too much.

In a blink of an eye, it is May, and the weather is getting hotter every day.

After Meng Xiaoqin's case was solved, the serious crime team had been idle for a while, and Qu Zhi even found time to take his annual leave.

The new curtains that Hua Chong applied for have arrived. They are dark blue, thick, feel good, and look like they have a good blackout effect.

Naturally, the team leader couldn’t be bothered with hanging curtains. Zhang Mao volunteered to build a bench and climbed up. It took a lot of work just to take off the old curtains, and because he couldn’t hold them securely, he was caught by the dusty curtains. Covered into a humanoid pocket.

Hua Chong laughed at the side, "At first glance, you are a child who never does housework at home, and you can't even change the curtains."

Liu Zhiqin helped the "human-shaped pocket" off the bench, and there was a lot of dust on his body.

Zhang Mao tore down the old curtains, disgraced, and said "Pooh" several times, "Damn it, these curtains are poisonous, why are there so many dusts? I almost contracted pneumoconiosis!"

"Is this pneumoconiosis?" Hua Chong leaned against the small table, "Do you want me to apply for a work-related injury for Lao Chen?"

"That won't work. If you have a work-related injury, you can't stay in the serious crime team." Zhang Mao wiped his face with a tissue. Chase me away."

Hua Chong smiled, and moved his eyes to the window, where Liu Zhiqin was fixing the hooks of the new curtains.

The sun was shining brightly outside the window, clusters of golden light came in through the glass, hitting Liu Zhiqin's body.

Liu Zhiqin was wearing a white shirt with fuzzy fine lines and dark slacks. He stood with his back facing Hua Chong, with his cuffs rolled up to his forearms. After adjusting the hooks, he shook the curtains and stood on the bench with his legs up.

"Be careful." Hua Chong walked over quickly, and got closer, but found that it was neither helpful nor not.

There is only one bench, and there is no situation where two benches are stacked together, so there is no need to support the bench.But since he has already stepped forward, he has to forcefully support him.

It seemed that the only thing that could support him was Liu Zhiqin's legs.

Liu Zhiqin held up the curtain, condescending, at first he was a little surprised, then smiled and said: "Flower team, are you worried that I will fall?"

Hua Chong's heart moved slightly, "Be careful."

Zhang Mao stood at the back and looked left and right, thinking that he had climbed on the bench just now, why didn't the flower team come up to warn him?

Deputy Qu is right, the flower team is really eccentric!In the entire serious crime team, Team Flower likes Brother Xiaoliu the most.

But brother Xiaoliu is so good, he treats everyone to supper as soon as he comes, and helps solve the case before he gets hired, who doesn't like it?

It only took half a minute for Zhang Que to convince himself.

Liu Zhiqin hung up the curtains three times, tried to pull them a few times, "It's done."

"Come down." After Hua Chong finished speaking, he made a movement that he hadn't thought of - opened his arms and raised them upwards.

Liu Zhiqin: "...hey."

Hua Chong: "Huh?"

Liu Zhiqin simply squatted down, "Flower Team, are you planning to take me into your arms when I jump down?"

Only then did Hua Chong realize that his actions just now were a bit stupid.

"However, this bench is too short, so it probably won't be effective." Liu Zhiqin smiled, "Next time."

Hua Chong felt inexplicably uncomfortable about being teased, and immediately took a step back, "Come down quickly and wipe the stool clean."

Liu Zhiqin took the bench to the pool, Zhang Mao thought again: It seems that the flower team still treats everyone equally, even though he likes Brother Xiao Liu, he still has to send Brother Xiao Liu to do things.

This year's anonymous evaluation by the leader has to give the Flower Team [-] points!

"Why are you in a daze?" Hua Chong patted the back of Zhang Mao's head, "Go, turn down the volume of the TV."

There is a TV in the serious crime team office, which is turned on and off from time to time, and almost always broadcasts news from all over the world.I don't know who came in the morning and turned it on, and the volume was turned up very loudly.

Zhang Trade got the order, and found the remote control to adjust the volume while watching the news.

What is being broadcast is the social news of a northern city. It is about an underage boy who gathers a group of poor students to run amok at school and bully girls. After being photographed and posted on the Internet, it caused an uproar. On the Internet, he verbally criticized and criticized, and what's more, he even set up a crusade group to go to the school where the boy was to discuss the explanation and stop the evil students.The teenager was beaten all over his body, and there was a lot of applause on the Internet, with the voices of "serving it right" accounting for the vast majority.The day before yesterday, the boy's mother couldn't bear the accusations of netizens and committed suicide by jumping off a building.Until this time, there were sporadic voices—this school bullying, which caused a sensation on the Internet, was actually a "game" played by a group of people to please the public. The boy did not really bully the girl, and the girl did not really get hurt. They planned it. The purpose of shooting this video is just to "get popular" on the Internet.The farce has become a tragedy, and the news discusses two issues with the audience in the form of in-depth reports: How to regulate online shows?How to grasp the so-called "human flesh" scale?

The analyst finally concluded: The person involved is at fault, but cyber violence should not be used as a tool to punish one person. Netizens have no qualifications or power to impose sanctions on another person, let alone extend such sanctions to reality. This is not justice. It's venting under the banner of justice, it's a crime!

"It's free." Zhang Mao turned down the volume and returned to his seat to do things.

Li Xun, who came to visit the serious crime team, also saw the news, "But if it is really campus bullying, I support 'human flesh'."

"We are criminal police, so we can't talk nonsense." Zhang Mao flipped through the document, "If it is really bullying, then it is our duty to find the perpetrator. If it develops to the point where netizens need to 'human flesh' the perpetrator, then it is us Dereliction of duty."

"It's okay for you to realize this."

"That's right." Zhang Mao smiled, "How can you hang out with the flower team if you don't have enough awareness?"

Hua Chong occasionally went to the orphanage to visit Qiu Weiwei and brought some things that the girl liked.Liu Zhiqin sometimes went with her, but she seldom entered the orphanage, and most of the time she stood outside and waited.

"If you don't go in, why are you running with me?" Hua Chong and Liu Zhiqin got to know each other a lot, and they got along much more casually than when they first met.

"Accompany you." Liu Zhiqin said.

Hua Chong greeted him to get into the car, and joked: "I'm here to take care of the little girl, do I need you to accompany me?"

"Then just treat me as my love and follow you." Liu Zhiqin fastened his seat belt, "Go back now?"

"Otherwise? Where do you want to go on such a hot day?"

"I want to go back too. Leave me at the corner of Guixiang West Road when I get home. I'll go buy some food."

"Do you want to throw away anything? Let's eat together. How can I let you buy the vegetables by yourself?"

Liu Zhiqin fiddled with the air outlet of the air conditioner, "I thought you wanted to be the boss again."

Hua Chong quibbles, "Which time have I ever been a boss?"

Liu Zhiqin smiled and said nothing, too lazy to argue.

Ever since he tasted Liu Zhiqin's fried omelette last time, Hua Chong has had dinner with Liu Zhiqin from time to time.This meal is special, instead of going to Liu's house for a meal, he bought good food by himself and asked Liu Zhiqin to cook it at his own home.

All the dishes are home-cooked. Although Liu Zhiqin's craftsmanship is passable, he is not good at the complicated procedures. He often cooks three dishes and one soup, three meat and one vegetable after a busy morning.

Apart from buying vegetables, Hua Chong can only do his hands. Washing rice and washing vegetables is okay, but chopping vegetables is not good.So every time I do a symbolic labor, I have nothing to do after washing the dishes, I can only stand aside and watch.

For Liu Zhiqin, who was working as a coolie, Hua Chong was no different from being a boss.

Solved crimes together, cooked together, and seemed to know each other a lot.Hua Chong sometimes worries that his personal space will be invaded, but when he thinks that the other party is Liu Zhiqin, he feels that it doesn't matter. Network technology to check the events of the year.

But this is just a thought, he doesn't want to involve other people in danger yet.

Today, Chef Liu cooks crispy double pepper fish, roast chicken with taro, tofu with minced meat, and lotus root with glutinous rice.Boss Hua ate with gusto, and even booked a "big meal" for next week's rest day in advance.

"It's getting hotter, let's eat something light. How about the sour radish and goose palm soup?"

"Sour radish and goose palm soup?" Liu Zhiqin leaned against the kitchen door to watch Hua Chong wash the dishes. "It's simple, but you still need to boil the soup, and when it's done, put the goose feet in it to stew."

"No problem." Hua Chong put the washed bowl on the counter, "Add two cold dishes, um... Which is better, braised pig ears or braised pig tail?"

"I think it's all right. Braised beef is also fine."

"That's easy, I..."

Before Hua Chong finished speaking, the mobile phone on the coffee table in the living room rang.

"Help me see who it is." Hua Chong commanded without looking back, "Just don't be Lao Chen."

Liu Zhiqin took the phone and sighed, "It's really Team Chen."

Hua Chong's expression changed, knowing that Chen Zheng would never call his subordinates on his rest day when he had no business to do.So he quickly dried his hands on the apron, took the phone and swiped, "Captain Chen."

"There is a case." Chen Zheng said: "Students on the new campus of Los Angeles University reported that a head was found in the undeveloped north area of ​​the campus. Colleagues from the Changlu branch have already rushed over. The body is not complete, and it may be of a bad nature. The corpse dismemberment case. Immediately notify the members of your group and go to the new campus of Luo University immediately."