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Most of the dogs that come to the pet home are large dogs, but despite this, the German Shepherd only has Erwa.It has camouflage-colored leashes on its forelegs, and it carefully follows Liu Zhiqin, with an appearance of "don't bully me".A while ago, Liu Zhiqin bought a bunch of tools online to help erect his ears. Now his ears can be erected majesticly, but he is still timid, so the petite Pomeranian rushed over and called at him. They would all shrink back behind Liu Zhiqin in fright.

"Don't be afraid." Liu Zhiqin patted it on the head and led it forward.

The pet house is very large, and there are all kinds of entertainment and sports facilities for dogs.Erwa didn't want to play with other dogs, and Liu Zhiqin didn't force it. He took it to the cross-country equipment playground, untied the leash, and knocked on a single-plank bridge, "Come up and try."

Erwa wanted to try but didn't dare, stomped her two front feet on the ground for a long time, with a "squeak" in her throat, and looked at Liu Zhiqin pitifully.Liu Zhiqin simply bent down and hugged it onto the single-plank bridge.

With such a narrow piece of wood, it is no problem for small dogs to run over it, but for a large dog like a German shepherd, it is simply tightrope walking.

Liu Zhiqin "threatened" patiently and said: "You are not allowed to jump down, and there is no turning back. Let's go to play on the slide after walking."

Erwa didn't know what a slide was, her four legs trembled slightly, her big hairy tail was curled up, and she took a step as if she was dying, and one of her long-standing ears fell down.

Liu Zhiqin forced it to finish walking, but in fact, he always protected it to prevent it from falling off the single-plank bridge without standing still.

After ten minutes or so, the single-plank bridge was finally finished.Erwa jumped down, probably belatedly tasted the fun of "tightrope walking", and ran back to the starting point screaming "ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow " , eager to try to shake the tail at Liu Zhiqin.

"Want to go again?"

"Ow!"

Liu Zhiqin smiled, and walked with it three times. It seemed to be addicted to it, and wanted to run back, but Liu Zhiqin stopped it in time, "Come, eat beef jerky."

Food is far more attractive than the single-plank bridge. Erwa forgot about the single-plank bridge after eating the beef jerky, and let Liu Zhiqin take the so-called slide.

The slide is similar to a children's slide, with a circular ladder on one side and a slide on the other, and there are small plastic balls for cushioning under the slide.

Erwa didn't want to leave Liu Zhiqin, but Liu Zhiqin obviously couldn't go down the slide with him.

"Go." Liu Zhiqin said, "If you behave well, there will be beef jerky to eat later."

Despite the mighty appearance of the second baby, she has a bit of a "mother" personality. It took a long time to climb the circular ladder before reaching the top. Standing on the side of the slide, she kept spinning in circles and said "oooooooo" several times before tentatively putting her two front feet on the floor. on the slide.

It seems that it just wants to try, but once the center of gravity of the body leans forward, it cannot be pulled back.It rushed down from the top of the slide, making a cry that didn't match its appearance in fright.

The moment it pounced into the plastic ball, Liu Zhiqin's cell phone clicked and took a picture of its stupid and cute appearance.

The biggest characteristic of German shepherds is their intelligence.As long as you have personally felt that there is no danger, you will not be afraid later.

After playing on the slide for a while, Erwa became as addicted as walking on a single-plank bridge. She ran up and down several times until she heard Liu Zhiqin's whistle.

It's getting late, and the last item on the appointment is to take a bath.

The second baby didn't want to leave, so it took a lot of effort for Liu Zhiqin to coax it to the "dog bathing hall".The staff took the second baby away, Liu Zhiqin took a rest for a while, went outside to smoke, and sent the second baby's photo to Hua Chong by the way.

Putting away the phone, he let out a light breath.

Today, I originally agreed with Hua Chong to bring the second baby to the pet home together, but before get off work, Hua Chong suddenly ran to the accumulated case team, saying that he had a temporary dinner appointment with someone at night, and wanted to trouble him to take the second baby there alone.

Hua Chong didn't shy away from who he had an appointment with, and told him directly that it was his old teammate Lian Feng.

He had only met Lian Feng once, but he didn't have a good impression of this man.Hua Chong wanted to have dinner with Lian Feng, but he had no position to stop him, he didn't show anything on the surface, but he felt a little nervous in his heart.

But after Hua Chong finished speaking, he gave him the keys, the keys of the house, and the car keys, as unreserved as last time.

He took it, stared at the key for a second, and asked, "Where are you eating?"

"Starlight Garden." Hua Chong said.

"Do you need me to pick you up?" Liu Zhiqin asked again.

Hua Chong said with a smile: "No, it's not far from our home. There are buses and subways. If you miss the last bus, I can just take a taxi and come back. Erwa will trouble you today."

Liu Zhiqin didn't insist, "Okay, then you guys have a good time reminiscing about the past. When you get to the pet house, I'll send you a photo of the second baby."

The message sent did not receive a reply, Liu Zhiqin looked indifferently into the distance.

Soon, a familiar cry came from the "dog bathing hall" behind him. He turned around and saw Erwa who was wet all over.

"Sir, please wait a little longer." The staff said, "We still have to give your baby a hair care."

He smiled and nodded, "Thank you."

Erwa seemed to be quite satisfied with the word "baby", and shook her water-filled tail with a smug expression on her face.

Hua Chong didn't reply until Erwa was tidied up cleanly.

Liu Zhiqin took Erwa to the garage and drove all the way to Huajing. While waiting at the traffic light, he changed his mind and turned around to drive towards the Starlight Garden.

Hua Chong originally thought that meeting Lian Feng for dinner was just a reunion of old teammates.

He has always cherished and cared about the brothers he met in the northwest.Those two years were completely different from when he was on duty in the Los Angeles SWAT detachment, because every time he fired with a loaded gun, he might not be able to return.

It's all deadly friendship.

So if Lian Feng wanted to catch up with him, he naturally readily agreed.But when he arrived at the agreed Chinese restaurant, he felt a subtle discomfort.

Lian Feng in suit and leather shoes is no longer the anti-terrorist fighter in camouflage and carrying a rifle.This meeting also didn't seem like the reunion of teammates after a long absence, but a business negotiation with a lot of wine.

During the dinner, Hua Chong thought, it would be great if there were more people.Maybe six or seven teammates get together, and the atmosphere will be much more relaxed.

Lian Feng had an impeccable smile on his face, and the most frequently asked question was about Hua Chong's job.It's not that Hua Chong doesn't trust him, it's just that many cases of the Serious Crime Squad need to be kept secret, and it's inconvenient to disclose them to unrelated people, so he has to say haha ​​and bring it up on other topics.

Lian Feng asked about life again, Hua Chong was frank about this point, bluntly saying that he is in his 30s and still a bachelor.

Lian Feng showed a meaningful expression, Hua Chong heard the phone vibrate, picked it up, and saw that it was Liu Zhiqin's photo of the second child.

My heart felt hot for no reason, and my expression relaxed.

That kind of feeling is like when you are socializing outside, the guy at home suddenly sends you a silly photo of your son.

This small joy is simply not enough for outsiders to comprehend.

"So happy?" Lian Feng seemed very curious, "He also said that he is a bachelor, I don't believe it."

"A friend." Hua Chong put down his phone, but his eyes were full of smiles, "Where did you just say?"

At the end of the meeting, Lian Feng still wanted to make an appointment for the next round, saying that there is a famous music bar in Los Angeles.Hua Chong said bluntly, "Bar? I have to work on a case tomorrow morning."

Lian Feng felt a little regretful, "I finally saw you, and I want to stay with you for a while longer."

Hua Chong's expression remained the same, but he chewed the words in his heart.

This is not what normal old friends should say when they get together, and Lian Feng's tone and demeanor were also unusual when he said this.

He feels uncomfortable.

In fact, everything about tonight's party made him uncomfortable.The imaginary reunion of teammates doesn't seem like it should look like this.

Lian Feng said, "I'll take you back."

"No need." Hua Chong refused decisively.

He had a hunch what Lian Feng would say to him.

Sure enough, Lian Feng smiled calmly: "Hua Chong, you are single, and so am I. I think we can..."

"Sorry," he interrupted, "I thought tonight was just catch-up."

Lian Feng raised his eyebrows lightly, "It's indeed a party, but I think..."

Hua Chong shook his head, "I have no idea about that."

"Really?" Lian Feng smiled wryly.

For those who have no feelings, Hua Chong never procrastinates, and will not leave the so-called "hope" for the other party because of affection, and solemnly said: "I have someone in my heart."

"Oh?" Lian Feng raised his eyes, "I see. I was the one who was abrupt. I heard that you were still single, so I wondered if I had a chance. I'm sorry, I made you laugh."

Hua Chong is usually good at dealing with the people involved in the case, but he doesn't like to play that way when facing his old teammates.Now that he has made it clear, there is no need to continue the courteous conversation. He took his belongings and said, "Then I'll go first."

"Wait." Lian Feng didn't seem to give up yet, "I'd better send you back."

"It's really not necessary." Hua Chong did not change his strength. At this moment, his mobile phone vibrated again, it was a WeChat message.

Liu Zhiqin: Erwa and I are waiting for you at Gate 2 of Starlight Garden.

Hua Chong frowned, and his expression softened quickly, "Thank you for your kindness, my friend is here to pick me up."

I wanted to say "see you next time", but when I got to my lips, I couldn't quite get it out.

Some people, it is better to keep in memory.Many things have passed in the past, and the glorious years of the past cannot be traced back. Seeing each other after many years, on the contrary, destroys the spotless beauty.

Starlight Garden is one of the several shopping centers in Los Angeles. It is very lively at night, mostly young people. Outside Gate No. 2 is a wide courtyard. Liu Zhiqin is leaning on a marble pillar, holding a camouflage-colored leash in his hand.Hua Chong saw him at a glance, whistled, and Liu Zhiqin and Erwa looked over at the same time.

"How long have you been waiting?" Hua Chong asked.

"Just arrived." Liu Zhiqin said: "The second baby has a lot of hair, and it took a lot of time to bathe and nurse. How was the party?"

"Don't..." Hua Chong wanted to say "don't mention it, it's a bit embarrassing", but felt that there was no need to complain to Liu Zhiqin about his past team members.In any case, although Lian Feng has changed a lot, the friendship of fighting together in the past will always be there.

"It's good." He changed his words, "But I'm not full."

"Huh?" Liu Zhiqin raised his eyebrows: "What do you eat?"

“Chinese food.”

"Chinese food will not be full? Japanese food is similar."

"It's been too long, I'm a bit restrained." Hua Chong said, "I haven't eaten much."

"That's fine."

"What's good?"

"I haven't had dinner yet."

Hua Chong paused, and patted Liu Zhiqin on the arm, "Didn't eat dinner? What's going on?"

"After get off work, the road is too congested." Liu Zhiqin touched his arm and said with a smile, "If you eat, you won't be able to keep up with the activities of the Pet House."

Hua Chong sighed and blamed himself a little, "You..."

"That's why it's 'just right'." Liu Zhiqin shook the rope in his hand, "You haven't eaten, and I haven't eaten. Where can I go to get food and clothing?"

Hua Chong looked at the time and saw that regular restaurants would close soon, but the night market was at its busiest time.But after a busy day, he was really tired, and he didn't want to go to a particularly noisy place, he just wanted to go home quickly.

But it's all over, it's too much to ask Liu Zhiqin to cook.

"The supermarket is not closed yet." Liu Zhiqin said suddenly: "Let's go buy some dishes and base ingredients, how about going home to eat hot pot?"

Hua Chong's eyes lit up, he patted Liu Zhiqin on the shoulder and said, "You are so sweet!"

Liu Zhiqin's expression froze slightly, Hua Chong coughed, "I mean, we want to go together."

Liu Zhiqin touched his wrist, "Let's go quickly, the supermarket will be closed later."

It was the first time for Hua Chong to burn a hot pot on the balcony at home late at night.

Lian Feng invited him to the music bar before, but he refused on the grounds that he had to go to work the next day, but now he opened a bottle of beer with Liu Zhiqin and drank happily.

Making hot pot at home is easy, but in fact it is more troublesome than eating outside. The bottom material needs to be fried, the vegetables and meat need to be cleaned separately, and the bowls and plates have to be washed.

When it was officially eaten, it was already close to 12 o'clock at night.

The scent of the balcony is overflowing, which has long overshadowed the scent of jasmine.The epiphyllum planted by Hua Chong is in bloom, and it is just right to eat it when it is picked off.Erwa played all night and was already tired, so she didn't come to beg for food, and just lay down on the sofa to sleep.

Hua Chong is in a somewhat conflicted mood today, and the side he met with Lian Feng really made him feel embarrassed, and he wanted to find someone to talk about, but he felt that there was nothing to talk about this kind of thing, and he could digest it by himself.

If Liu Zhiqin hadn't accompanied him to eat hot pot, he would have forgotten all his thoughts when he woke up.

After drinking a bottle of beer, his mind was still clear, but his emotions were a little high. He pursed his lips, not knowing where to start.

It was Liu Zhiqin who started it.

"Flower team, do you have something on your mind?"

"Huh?" Can you see this?

Liu Zhiqin put the hot sliced ​​beef in his bowl, "It should be a pleasure to see an old friend, but why do I feel that you and Lian Feng are in a bad mood after having a meal?"

Hua Chong was silent, and smiled, "You've been in the crime squad for a long time, and you're getting better at observing people."

"What's wrong? Can you tell me?"

"It's not a big deal." Hua Chong put down his chopsticks, carefully choosing his words, "I think it's a little... Well, we have changed too much."

Liu Zhiqin listened quietly.

When Hua Chong talked about things in the northwest, his eyes became a little far away.

"At that time, everyone was a brother with every heart and soul. I thought it was superficial to say that it was friendship, and it was a bit hypocritical to say it was family affection. A person may not die for a friend, but every day in the Northwest, we are doing well. Prepare to fight and die for brothers."

"But I came back alive, and so did Lian Feng. I thought we would have the same feeling when we met again. But in fact, after leaving Northwest, I became a criminal policeman and he became a businessman. Many things changed completely."

"We were like awkward strangers."

Hua Chong took a sip of beer as he said, "I really answered that sentence - seeing each other is worse than not seeing each other."

Liu Zhiqin was also drinking, with deep eyes.

After a while, Hua Chong said softly: "But there are some people, I really want to meet again."

Liu Zhiqin's hand holding the cup trembled invisibly, "Is it your sacrificed teammate?"

Hua Chong nodded, then shook his head, as if suppressing something.

Liu Zhiqin's heart was overwhelmed, and he wanted to hear everything about his brother from Hua Chong, but he couldn't take the initiative to ask.

"Let's have a drink?" Hua Chong picked up the glass, and without waiting for Liu Zhiqin's reaction, he touched Liu Zhiqin's wine glass and drank it down.

Liu Zhiqin also drank the glass of wine, got up and said, "I'll make some hangover tea."

"Hmm..." Hua Chong looked into the night, propping his cheek with one hand, looking a little lonely.

But when Liu Zhiqin came to sober up for tea, he was no different from usual.

"Go to bed early." Liu Zhiqin said standing by the door with a bag of trash that had been cleared out.Hua Chong refused to let him wash the dishes, so he had to leave the mess to Hua Chong to clean up.

"See you tomorrow." Hua Chong wore an apron, hands full of dish soap, "Help me close the door."

Back home, Liu Zhiqin walked to the computer and clicked on a program.

What appeared on the screen were Lian Feng's communications and travel records for the past week.

When investigating Zheng Qi's case, Hua Chong laughed at him for being hostile to Lian Feng.

Hua Chong is right, he doesn't like Lian Feng.

This person gave him a very strange feeling, he thought for no reason that there was a secret in Lian Feng.

A special police officer who had supported anti-terrorism was injured in a mission and turned into a supervisor in the real estate industry.Although this was not a particularly rare thing, Lian Feng made him feel uncomfortable.

And Lian Feng also came back from Shacheng in the northwest.

After browsing through the records, he leaned back in his chair wearily.Close your eyes, it is the appearance of Hua Chong walking towards you in the light of the street lamp.

"Where's the flower team?" Xu Kan came to the serious crime team with a book, "Where did the flower team go? Did you go to the special police detachment again?"

A member of the team raised his head, "No, Team Hua just went to the backlog team."

Xu Kan laughed, "Why, Lao Xiao is here to trouble you again."

"Didn't you see that we are free?" The team member smiled and said, "The flower team just left, is there anything urgent for you?"

"No, I see you guys are free, come over and have a chat with him." Xu Kan turned around after speaking, and was about to leave when he saw Liu Zhiqin Chao's Serious Crime Squad approaching.

Recently, he always felt that these two were together all the time, and if he told Liu Zhiqin about something, Hua Chong would know about it.

Too lazy to go to the backlog team to find Hua Chong, he raised his hand, "Brother Xiaoliu."

Liu Zhiqin had seen him a long time ago, and stopped to say hello, "Mr. Xu, what's the matter?"

"This book is already on the market. It's not available in bookstores yet, but online pre-orders have begun." Xu Kan patted on the book, and on the cover with a very futuristic design, there were five clear big characters printed on it—forever Where the night shines.

Liu Zhiqin took it and looked back and forth.

The publishing house is very careful, whether it is the design or the paper, it can be seen that it has lost its mind. In the place of the signature, two names are written side by side: Fengfei 78×Xiaohuan.

"Why is there an 'X' in the middle?" he asked.

"I also asked when I got the book. The publishing house said that it is popular to mark this symbol now, which means that it is a work completed by two people." Xu Kan said, "But who is this Xiaohuan? The publishing house asked me Several times, I can't make sense. The pre-sale started the day before yesterday, and some people asked in the comments of the publishing house's official blog."

"He is a very important person to Lin Xiaofei." Liu Zhiqin closed the book, "Is this book for the flower team? I'll give it to him later."

"This is just for you to have a look at. I still have a lot of unopened ones. If the flower team wants a new book, let him come to the forensic department to get it."

"Okay." Liu Zhiqin nodded, "I'll tell him in a while."

"Are you going to the backlog of cases soon?"

"Well, I was in the backlog team just now, and I came back to get some medicine."

Xu Kan wondered, "What kind of medicine?"

Liu Zhiqin said: "Team Hua's throat is uncomfortable, and Team Xiao was screaming anxiously just now. He forgot to bring throat lozenges. I'll get them when I come back."

"You..." Xu Kan glanced at Liu Zhiqin, hesitant to speak.

"Ok?"

Xu Kan changed his words: "Your group has now formed a long-term cooperative relationship with Ji Case?"

"It doesn't count." Liu Zhiqin took the lozenges and came out, "I heard from Team Chen that the work efficiency of the backlog team was too low, and there was no pressure or motivation at ordinary times, so they set some indicators. Team Xiao was a little anxious , we have nothing to do here for the time being, and the flower team often leads the team to help."

What Xu Kan wanted to ask was not about this. Seeing Liu Zhiqin's serious explanation, he could only follow along: "There are a lot of strange cases in Team Xiao's case, and they are all old cases that lack surveillance records and cannot extract DNA. , the more it accumulates, the more it can’t be solved. This case is to be solved while it’s hot, and it has become an accumulated case, basically there is no way to solve it.”

"The backlog of cases is indeed difficult to solve, but it's not impossible." Liu Zhiqin said, "Didn't the Flower Team break one a while ago?"

Xu Kan felt that he had gnawed a mouthful of dog food invisibly, so he could only smile: "Yes, yes, your flower team is the most capable."

Chatting and chatting, they walked to the stairs, Liu Zhiqin was going to the backlog team, Xu Kan was going back to the forensic department, and the two parted.

Before the backlog team started the meeting, the criminal police gathered together to chat. Liu Zhiqin pushed open the door of the meeting room, and heard the familiar coughing sound.

Hua Chong rubbed his throat, "One piece, one piece!"

Liu Zhiqin quickly handed him the medicine, pulled out the chair and sat down, and put "The Place where the Eternal Night Shines" on the table.

Hua Chong swallowed the pills and immediately felt comfortable. He glanced out of the corner of his eyes, "It's officially published?"

"Well, Xu Kan sent it just now."

"Then Fu Xuhuan may be about to appear." Hua Chong flipped through the book and said.

"I'll pay attention." Liu Zhiqin turned the pen and smelled the cool mint fragrance.

The scent wafted from Hua Chong's mouth. Although it smelled sweet, the pill contained bitterness.

The conference room was very noisy, and the criminal police officers were all loud, talking like they were arguing.Liu Zhiqin and Hua Chong were very close, their chatting voice was much lower than others, as if they were whispering.But it didn't take long before it was time to get busy.

Xiao Chengxin, the leader of the cumulative case team, obviously had a training session with Chen Zheng, walked in with a sad face, patted the documents and said, "Flower team, you must help me with the case of burning five little boys to death in Luoguan village." broken!"