daytime firefly

Xu Zhi rushed to the entrance and took out the homework book from the shoe cabinet drawer. He didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but now he saw clearly that there was originally a name on the horizontal line after the name on the cover of the book, but it was smeared out. The gaps between them are equal, causing the three ink blobs to be neatly arranged like three huge ellipsis.

Xu Zhi reopened this homework, the first page, the second page, the third page... until the last question on a certain page, the date fell on No. 13 in May last year, the question was still wrong, the teacher typed Big red cross.

There was nothing but wrong questions, Xu Zhi thought, what was the child's intention in giving him such a homework book... What was he trying to express...

dong dong dong-

Xu Zhi who was standing behind the door with a knocking sound was shocked. He put the homework book back in the drawer angrily, and then looked into the cat's eyes. There was a familiar face staring blankly outside. Xu Zhi couldn't help it. Well, "Again..."

The door was opened, and Xu Zhi said directly, "Move as soon as you find a place to live. Auntie, urging me every day like this won't solve the problem."

Wang Shuqin's instant noodles drooped a little, and she looked a little sick. She looked at Xu Zhi hesitantly, and said after a while, "What, Xiao Xu, I have a question to ask you."

She probably encountered some difficulties, and felt embarrassed to say anything because of what she had done to him before. Xu Zhi saw it, so her expression looked cold and alienated.

"what is the problem?"

Wang Shuqin organized the language, "Well, Xiao Xu, tell me, if the two are not married yet, the man will give the woman a sum of money in advance as a bride price, and the woman will collect the money, use it, and use it elsewhere. Afterwards, the man will know Now, I want to get the money back, this, in this case, the woman doesn't have to return it, right?"

"There are free lawyers in the community to consult with. Aunt Wang, you know, this is not what I'm good at."

Wang Shuqin ate his teasing, there was no way to get angry, he hesitated, sighed and turned to leave.

The momentary joy in Xu Zhi's heart did dissipate quickly. Before he closed the door, he whispered to Ms. Wang's back, "If you can make it clear that the man gave you the money in the name of a 'betrothal gift', your chances of winning will be bigger."

"Really?" Wang Shuqin was overjoyed, and paused, "No, I asked for a friend!"

"It doesn't matter, Auntie, Twilight Love has to sharpen his eyes to see people, don't let the bastard give him a trick." After Xu Zhi finished speaking, he closed the door and watched Wang Shuqin return to his home through cat's eyes, and then he left behind the door and went back. sofa.

The phone rang at this time. Xu Zhi lay down and put the receiver to his ear, and a not-so-familiar voice came from the other end——

"Go to the rooftop."

"You let me go up and I will go up?" Xu Zhidong didn't move.

"I'll give you 1 minute."

Xu Zhi rubbed his fingers lazily, "I'll give you a minute to take off the voice changer, otherwise I won't answer the phone in the future."

The other end stopped, and after a while, the phone hung up.

Xu Zhi took off the phone and smiled frivolously, but he was careless and didn't call again.

About 3 minutes later, the sky outside suddenly brightened more than half, and the lights in several buildings were lit up again. Xu Zhi heard the bursts of sound, got off the sofa and walked to the window, only to realize that the building diagonally opposite was behind the window. There are fireworks.

Combustion and explosions were banned in Jiangbei City. The fireworks rain seemed to be specially intended for someone to see, but it was blocked by buildings, so Xu Zhi could only see a third of it.

The fireworks went off for half an hour, and when it became quiet again, Xu Zhi returned to the sofa and dialed the phone back.

The other end quickly picked it up, and Xu Zhi asked, "You asked me to go to the rooftop to let me watch the fireworks?"

With a rustle, Xu Zhi heard a whistling roar, and before the other party answered, he asked again, "It's late at night, are you talking on the phone with me on the railway tracks?"

"Ah."

The sound came very late, and Xu Zhi realized that there was no voice changer in the receiver, so he adjusted his sleeping position a little complacently, "What's your name..."

Do not speak.

Xu Zhi changed the question again, "Why are you protecting me?"

The other end probably thought about it before saying, "It's free."

"...So you plan to keep doing this, not to meet me, to spy on me secretly?"

"Xu Zhi," the other end called him suddenly, saying, "You have never changed."

Xu Zhi was startled by his words, frowned and took down the microphone, as if it was the mysterious man in his hand, "It's really boring to play like this, why don't you just tell me when you will meet me..."

"You have seen me," the other party interrupted him, and said a few more words, "See you next time, it's time to sleep with me."

Xu Zhi didn't move for five or six seconds after listening, and then followed the magic spell and threw the microphone back. His earth-shattering words echoed throughout the room——

Candied haws, I'll fuck you!

"He called me, using some damn voice changer, he spied on me, and used other people's fireworks to play romance with me last night!" Xu Zhi got out of the elevator and walked all the way to the law firm, followed by Qi Jingyi Behind him, followed by a few trainee lawyers, this man started nagging about it as soon as he got into the elevator, and even Qi Jingyi couldn't help but touch his forehead several times when the elevator was full of people listening to him chanting.

"You said I provoked him?" Entering Qi Jingyi's office, Xu Zhi sat down on his office chair, "When did you say he started following me? Did he jump off the bridge? No, fuck He called me Lawyer Xu that day, how did he know who I am!"

Qi Jingyi took a cup of coffee, put sugar in it and said, "Is it because of Zhang Dingquan's case, TV network or something, where have you never shown your face?"

Xu Zhikaton, after pondering, he heard him ask again, "Jumping off the bridge...what does it mean?"

"It's nothing." Xu Zhi stood up resentfully, and took the cup of coffee from him, "Thanks, I'll go to work."

It was two o'clock in the afternoon when Xiao Gao called. Xu Zhi had just finished filing several completed cases in his hands more than four months ago.

"Lawyer Xu, come to the Municipal Public Security Bureau quickly, my boss has been invited by these policemen again!"

"..." After a few months of rest, Xu Zhi almost forgot that he had signed a long-term contract with Zhang Dingquan, "Wait."

Zhang Dingquan, as the old saying goes, is a man who is not a businessman, and has been soaked in materialistic desires all year round. He is almost 50 years old, and he still looks like a half-truth.

It's just that Xu Zhi didn't care what kind of person he was.

Ping Bokuan was investigating the case of killing the Liu family. Among the suspects screened one by one, Zhang Dingquan accounted for a large proportion. Just like Xiao Gao said, "My boss just won the lawsuit, and the whole family is gone. They all thought that my boss would deliberately retaliate."

Xu Zhi later learned from Police Officer Lin that Zhang Dingquan's private car had appeared near the Mingdeli community countless times in the past four months, and that Zhang Dingquan's face was also photographed by surveillance cameras. I never went there again.

As for the old-fashioned neighborhoods like Mingdeli, except for a surveillance probe at the gate, there is either no surveillance after entering, or if there is, it is impossible to check the people entering and leaving the community because of the old damage and unrepaired.

The police investigated and asked someone to come and question him. If Zhang Dingquan didn't cooperate, Xu Zhi had to come forward.

Xu Zhi and Zhang Dingquan sat opposite each other in the top-fitting private car. After a long while, Zhang Dingquan spoke——

"Don't worry, I didn't do it."

"You let Xiao Gao follow me, why?"

Before Zhang Dingquan answered, Xu Zhi asked again, "You know that the Liu family is going to vent their anger, but you still go to stay near the Liu family, why?"

Zhang Dingquan pinched the bridge of his nose with some discomfort, "Xiao Xu, there are some things that cannot be explained clearly in a few words."

"If you don't tell me the truth, if you are really found out later, even if I have a hundred mouths, I may not be able to help you."

Zhang Dingquan raised his eyes, hesitated for a while, and then said, "If I said, I knew that the members of the Liu family would die, but I was waiting for the person who killed them to appear, would you still listen?"

Xu Zhi only felt a chill coming up his back. He looked at the people in front of him, and if there was a thick fog lying between them, he was not sure for a while whether it was Zhang Dingquan or the person who broke through the thick fog and rushed towards him. Another bottomless black hole.

"Xiao Xu," Zhang Dingquan called him dimly, "Xiao Xu?"

"Oh, keep talking." Xu Zhi came back to his senses. A police car passed by them outside the window and stopped at the gate of the Public Security Bureau. One, dressed casually, but there was a sense of innocence all over his body, and the moment he turned his head, Xu Zhi almost stood up in the car.

"Hey Xiao Xu, where are you going?"

Zhang Dingquan's shout was behind him, and was cut off by Xu Zhina's car door. He walked all the way into the hall of the Public Security Bureau, and happened to bump into Lin Dang who came out to pick him up, so several people were stuck in the hall like this, you look at me, I look at you looking at you.

"Officer Lin, what are you arresting him for?" Xu Zhi stopped him and asked.

Lin Dang probably thought it was funny, "Lawyer Xu, don't tell me this is also your client, he doesn't seem to be able to afford such an expensive lawyer like you."

Xu Zhi looked at the man, but unexpectedly, his eyes met, and the man looked like he was watching a show.

Xu Zhi realized that he was abrupt, and took a small step back, "Sorry, you are busy."

The man was led to walk in, but his eyes were glued to him like maltose. The faint scars on his face suddenly became very clear in Xu Zhi's eyes. After saying that, he gave him a blank look at the end, and returned to Zhang Dingquan's car.

"I don't need to check it myself now," Zhang Dingquan said calmly, "wait for the police's results."

"Mr. Zhang, I'm only responsible for your legal issues. I won't ask about personal grievances. Please send me back."

Zhang Dingquan was surprised for a moment, this man had just entered and left the Public Security Bureau, why did he seem to be a different person, and seeing his unwillingness to speak, he rushed to Xiao Gao, "Send Lawyer Xu home."

As soon as Xu Zhi got home, he started rummaging through the boxes and cabinets. He searched under the sofa, and finally found a transparent file bag in the storage room. Inside the bag were a stack of paper documents, some old photos, and an old-fashioned small award certificate. Xu Zhi took the bag back to the living room and poured out all the contents...

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Zhou Jianming stayed in the police station for seven days.

He was complained by Jinhu, and because Li Hua himself had been beaten so badly recently that he was lying in the hospital in a bad shape, and the district police station couldn't take care of him, so he was directly handed over to the Municipal Bureau.

In fact, there was a bill of debt collectors sent to the Municipal Bureau. Zhou Jianming didn't do anything, but someone had to be the leader, especially for someone like him. The detention was considered light.

He came out of the city bureau, and a car was parked across the street. Xu Zhi leaned against the front of the car with his hands folded on his chest. When he saw him, he maintained a look of waiting for a long time but was willing to wait.

Zhou Jianming took the initiative to walk over, and the police returned his belongings. He took out a crumpled cigarette case from his pocket, took out a twisted cigarette and lit it, and finally stopped beside Xu Zhi, leaning against the car door, "I figured it out." ?”

Xu Zhi fanned the smoke in front of his face with one hand, then lifted up the photo in the other hand, placed it next to Zhou Jianming's face, and said while comparing, "You haven't changed much, why did I remember..."

Zhou Jianming smiled. It was the first time Xu Zhi saw him smile, so he restrained his expression and asked, "If I can't remember, you didn't intend to confess?"

Zhou Jianming smoked a lot, and he was halfway through the meeting. He glanced at Xu Zhi, threw the cigarette butt away, "Get in the car."

Before Xu Zhi could respond, he had already opened the driver's seat door and entered.

Without pulling out the key, the car beeped, and Xu Zhi quickly walked around the front of the car and got on the co-pilot.

The car passed through this street like a bullet, and finally stopped at the downstairs of Xu Zhi. Zhou Jianming held him by the elbow and led the people all the way up. Finally, he even opened the combination lock of his house in front of Xu Zhi, and locked him in. thrown into the house.

Xu Zhi supported the wall and stood firm, with a panic that was hard to hide on his face, "Zhou, Zhou Jianming, right? It's been ten years, and I've already forgotten you. What do you mean by appearing in front of me!"

Zhou Jianming didn't speak, forcing him to back off. If ten years wasn't too long, there was really no need for them to know each other from scratch.

Too familiar, how familiar is it?

Xu Zhi looked at this face and thought about it carefully. He knew him well enough to return to Jiangbei from Daliang Mountain. What the children in the mountain area did made Xu Zhi feel terrified and uneasy for the whole year afterwards.

"Teacher," Zhou Jianming called him suddenly, saying, "People have to keep their promises."

"People have to keep their promises!" Xu Zhi back then shrank into the gap at the end of the bed and shouted at the group of children, "You promised not to break into my room casually, and you will do what you say!"

With a flash of memory, Xu Zhi looked directly at him again, "Zhou Jianming me,"

In the middle of speaking, Xu Zhi's mouth was blocked. The strong smell of smoke, somewhat dry lips, and Zhou Jianming's extremely lustful aggression made Xu Zhi's complaints disappear in an instant.

The climate in Jiangbei in July, with heat waves pouring in from the windows, Xu Zhi Youshen thought, how could it not have changed. Ten years ago, this guy was a scrawny little bastard. He was more than a little taller, and when he pushed himself against the wall, he was as helpless as a little lamb.

Zhou Jianming was extremely rough, his hands were neither light nor heavy, Xu Zhi's body fell into his hands, so he had to let it go...