don't die

"Well, yes, keep in touch later."

"All right, I won't forget."

"Thank you for your hard work, let's go after drinking some water, won't you?"

"Oh, see you later!"

The somewhat impatient Xiao Liu who was waiting outside the grove looked inside, but only heard a few words from the small courtyard.

This was just a normal task. The forest guards reported the dead to them, but they came to hand over and make a record.In the past, this kind of uphill and downhill work was a hard job that all the policemen in the police station were unwilling to accept.In particular, if you have to deal with that Lin Shen to do this job, there are even fewer people who are willing to come.

It just so happened today that something happened in the town, and he and the squadron leader were the only ones still in the bureau, so they inevitably took over the hard work and went up the mountain to hand it over.

But who knew, the squadron leader stayed in the small courtyard for so long, and he didn't come out for a long time.

Xiao Liu looked at his watch, it must have been more than half an hour, what can we talk about for so long?Besides, didn't you always nod your head when you met each other before, and you came out in less than a minute?

What happened to dawdling for so long today?

Xiao Liu was wondering when he saw the squadron leader pushing the door out of the yard, followed by a young man he had never met.

The young man looked easy to get along with, with a smile on his face, and asked anxiously, "Do you really not need my help?"

"No, no, no." The squadron leader waved his hands again and again, "We walked back and forth the way we're used to, it's nothing. Once I confirm the identity of the deceased inside, I'll call you."

"It's too much trouble for you."

"No, this is our job. It's okay, little brother, don't send it away, we will see you."

Watching the squadron leader say goodbye to him talking and laughing, Xiao Liu, who was waiting on the side of the road, greeted him curiously.

"Captain, who is that?"

While he was talking, he didn't forget to take a look at the family.I saw the kind-faced young man standing at the door, waving goodbye to them, subconsciously, Xiao Liu also raised his hand to respond.

"I don't know, maybe it's Lin Shen's newly hired employee. Hey, don't say it, this kid is too polite, and he invited me to eat watermelon from Jingshui Town just now. It tastes so good."

"Captain...you've been in there for so long, why do you eat watermelon emotionally?"

"Ah? Haha, what, it's not that it's hard to turn down someone's kindness, so I only ate half of it."

"Half..."

Feeling the resentment emanating from Xiao Liu, the squadron leader quickly changed the subject. "But having said that, this mountain is getting more and more lively."

"How to say?"

"When Lin Shen was the only one living in the past, the house was noisy like a haunted house, but now it's more popular, and it doesn't make people shiver." The squadron leader sighed: "If it can always be so normal, the big guy will go up the mountain." Sometimes I won’t always be pushy and pushy.”

"Then Lin Shen?"

"Hey, that kid sounds like a miserable person, but a poor person must have something to hate. You don't know, he..."

Click.

The two were chatting, when suddenly there was a sound of trampling on dry grass in their ears, which made them all startled.

Xiao Liu looked back, only to see a person jumping out of the grass beside the road at some point.

A young man was standing by the side of the road, looking at them with a pair of dark brown eyes slightly raised, with a troubled expression on his face.The forest was gloomy, and Xiao Liu froze on the spot when he saw this sudden figure.The squadron leader was still experienced. After a moment of stunned, he greeted him politely with a smile.

"Oh, Lin Shen, just came back from the mountain?"

Lin Shen didn't speak, just glanced at them a few times, nodded slightly to the squadron leader as a response, and then pushed aside the grass and walked towards the wooden house.

The two policemen who were caught gossiping behind their backs were left still in shock.

"This Lin Shen..."

"Hush, don't say it, don't say it." The squadron leader quickly stopped, "There are many gods and ghosts on the mountain, don't talk nonsense here, it will be bad if you hear it. Hey, bad luck, hurry down the mountain."

The two policemen stopped talking and went down the mountain at a much faster pace than when they came.

Lin Shen walked to the side of the high slope, looked back at this moment, and saw two figures fleeing as if they had seen a ghost, with a mocking arc on the corner of their mouths, and then left without looking back.

This time he went down the mountain and up the mountain, except for the necessary inquiries, he didn't say a word for most of the day.This made Lin Shen get used to the silence, almost thinking that he was actually a mute.

However, as soon as he entered the small courtyard, the noisy voice came.

"The big half of the watermelon just now... just disappeared."

"Ha ha."

"Watermelon, my watermelon..."

Someone's plaintive voice came directly into his ears, Lin Shen took a closer look, and saw that He Tun was sitting in the small courtyard with a sad and angry expression, while Xia Shili was standing next to him, carefully enlightening him.

"It's not easy for people to go up the mountain, and they come from afar."

"That's because they are performing official duties, it's their duty." He satirized complained, "There were not many watermelons left, but you didn't see that the squadron leader was not polite at all, he ate most of them and still couldn't get enough of it."

"Hey, don't you understand this? Half a watermelon is exchanged for someone else's willingness, who is taking advantage?" Xia Shili said: "I see your work, and you often have to deal with them. You are not stupid, why just Don't spend any time trying to get along with each other? This is convenient for everyone."

"because……"

"I told him not to do that."

Lin Shen walked in, looked at Xia Shili and said, "There's no need to do such flattering things to please people who hate you."

"Fawning?" Xia Shili shook his head, "You think so? Interaction between people requires mutual humility, how can this be considered flattering?"

Lin Shen didn't start, as if he didn't want to continue discussing this topic with him.

Seeing this, He Xi hurried out to smooth things over.

"Okay, let's not discuss this topic. By the way, Lin Shen, Xia Shili was a great help today when he patrolled the forest for the first time. He found a suicide corpse in no time like a police dog."

"It's not a police dog, it's an insect." Xia Shili corrected, "Because I saw a large number of scavenging insects gathered over there, I felt something strange, so I went to take a look."

"En, I understand, they are all professional skills! Insects, police dogs, there is no difference."

Xia Shili had no choice but to stop correcting him.

He satirized and asked Lin Shen with a smile: "You went down the mountain today, and you didn't come back until now, what did you gain?"

Lin Shen said, "No."

"what?"

"So we have to go down the mountain again tomorrow." Lin Shen looked at him: "You come with me."

"What about the mountain?"

"Since Xia Shili is competent enough, it's okay to entrust him with the task of patrolling the forest."

Seeing Lin Shen looking at him, Xia Shili nodded cooperatively. "No problem. I can help you when you are not around. It is also a thankful thing for me. I am very happy."

Lin Shen nodded, "That's it. Tomorrow, He Xi and I will go down the mountain and come back before dark. I'll leave it to you before then."

After speaking, without waiting for the other two to respond, he left the dictator-like order and went directly into the house.

"Hey, Lin Shen! Hey!" He said to him that there was no response, and he could only turn around and smile apologetically at Xia Shili. "Sorry, he seems to be in a bad mood and speaks a little aggressively, don't mind."

Xia Shili smiled slightly, "Everyone has times when they are in a bad mood, and at that time, apart from the people they like, other people are an eyesore, I understand that."

"Enen, hey? Who are you referring to when you say someone he likes?" He was taken aback for a moment.

Xia Shili stared at him and smiled without speaking, but the meaning was obvious.

He satirized his hairs on end. "Don't tell such a terrible joke!"

"Ha ha."

"You bastard, always laughing and laughing...sometimes it's really awkward."

Inside the house, under the light and fire, Lin Shen looked outside the house, and saw the two people hooking their shoulders, laughing and cursing with good affection.Between the eyebrows, a deep "Chuan" could not help but wrinkle.YouQi always looked at Xia Shili with a different meaning in his eyes.

Like this dim light, it is impossible to see clearly.

Early the next morning, He Tun and Lin Shen packed their things and prepared to go down the mountain.

"The scope of inspection today is Xishan. You can bring some things with you. Just in case, it's best to bring a self-defense weapon with you."

Xia Shili asked strangely, "Didn't it mean there would be no danger? Is it necessary?"

Lin Shen said lightly: "Since you already know it, there is no need to continue to hide it from you. The purpose of our forest patrol is mainly to detect and stop people with suicidal intentions in time, but sometimes those people not only have serious consequences for their own lives Threats, as well as us."

"A guy who intends to give up his own life will not have much respect for the lives of others."

Xia Shili listened carefully and nodded. "I'll pay attention."

He Tun followed Lin Shen down the mountain, and when he walked a long way, he could still see Xia Shili standing on a hilltop, waving goodbye to the two of them.

This man who met suddenly seemed to always treat others with enthusiasm.

He Xi felt a little uncomfortable, he looked at Lin Shen who was walking ahead, and asked, "What are we going down the mountain this time?"

"do nothing."

"what--!?"

Lin Shen said: "If you don't have a job, you don't want to go down the mountain with me?"

"That's not the case... But, why do we go down the mountain? Don't you always dislike going down the mountain?"

"Is there?" Lin Shen said, "It's because the people down the mountain don't like to see me, but I have no obligation to care about their feelings."

It's really Lin Shen's style of going his own way.He was helpless, since Lin Shen didn't want to say it, he could only obediently follow behind.No way, who made Lin Shen his employer?

When he reached the turning of the mountain road, Lin Shen raised his head, and seemed to glance back at the wooden house inadvertently.Just a slight glance, then turned his head as if nothing happened, and continued down the mountain.

Facing the wind, Xia Shili who was standing at the mountain pass suddenly chuckled.

"What a sensitive person."

"In this case, I can only..."

The mountain wind blew even more wildly, messing up his forehead hair and blowing away the second half of his sentence.

The whisper of that sentence floated into the forest with the wind, and was overheard by the cicadas all over the mountain.The cicadas chirped loudly and lowly, as if responding to him.

"Hush—" Xia Shili said softly, "This is a secret, don't let others listen to it."

Cicada heard his words and responded meekly.

Got it.

A man who keeps secrets.