never forget [criminal investigation]

Today is the summer solstice, the nights are short and the days are long.

When the phone alarm clock rang, it was already bright outside the window.

Xiang Hai turned off the alarm clock, rubbed his sore eyes, and felt as if his phone rang just as he closed his eyes.

He yawned, tilted his head, and saw that Xing Yue was still lying motionless, clinging to the side of the bed.And he was spreading his limbs, lying in the middle of the bed, one leg was still on Xing Yue's leg.

"..."

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed it was real.

No wonder Xing Yue said he was squeezed.

However, when I sleep alone, I don't have this problem, and I don't talk in my sleep.

Shouldn't be talking in sleep... He was a little shaken.

He got up carefully, stepped over Xing Yue's lap, got out of bed, took his clothes out, turned around and closed the bedroom door.

After washing up, he went downstairs to buy breakfast.When I came back, the bedroom door was still closed.

It was getting late, and he was going to wake Xing Yue up.

After a night of precipitation, the swelling on Xing Yue's face disappeared, but the bruise seemed to be deeper.

Ugh.

Looking at Xing Yue's face, Xiang Hai sighed, then silently took out his phone.

How can such a rare highlight moment not be recorded?

After taking photos from various angles, Xiang Hai put away his phone and woke Xing Yue up.

The surgery was scheduled for 10:30 am.After breakfast, the two arrived at the hospital early.

Luo Meihua looked quite calm, had finished the pre-operation preparations, and was sitting against the head of the bed, waiting.It was only when Xing Yue came in with a bruised nose and swollen face that he frowned.

Of course she understood what was going on, so she didn't ask further.He only said when Xiang Hai went out to fetch water, "Xing Yue, you should pay more attention in the future, after all, you are not alone now."

"En." Xing Yue nodded in agreement.

Then Luo Meihua gave some more instructions, the words were quite subtle, and the general meaning was: Xiang Hai is a nice person, and he is so young, you should cherish it.In addition, you are much older than others, if you get disfigured, become disabled or something, it will be hard to say in the future...

much bigger...

quite a few...

Xing Yue felt that he had been hit hard.Although these are all facts, it is a double heart-wrenching feeling to hear my mother say it in person.

"Got it." After agreeing, he turned his back, quietly took out his phone, and turned on the front camera.

Gee.

When it was almost time, Luo Meihua was pushed into the operating room by the nurse.Xing Yue and Xiang Hai were separated outside the door.

Xing Yue didn't say much all morning, Xiang Hai pulled him to sit on the chair outside the operating room, "Sit here and wait, Brother Xing."

"Don't worry, it will be fine."

Xing Yue raised his head and glanced at the light on the door of the operating room. Will it really be all right?

"Brother Xing, why don't you lean on me and sleep for a while, I'll call you if there is any movement." Xiang Hai sat up straight and pressed his head on his shoulder.

Xing Yue leaned on his shoulder, but quickly sat up again, "No, you're too thin, you're in a panic."

"Tsk, I have such perfect shoulders, why are you still picky?" Xiang Hai pursed his lips.

Xing Yue sighed, grabbed his hand, pinched his fingers, "I think my mother has spoken to me more these days than in the past twenty years combined, but she is sick now. However, if she didn't have this illness, she wouldn't talk to me so much, let alone laugh at me. Xiao Hai, tell me, isn't this funny."

"I can't have a normal and healthy mother."

Yes.

Xiang Hai lowered his head and looked at the two hands that were holding each other, as if they were warming each other, but the other person's body seemed to be colder than his own.

The circumstances of life are so strange, it seems that God is always happy to make such unfunny jokes.

He loves the profession of anti-drug police, but the price is that his parents take drugs and make himself an orphan.

But thinking about it again, if I grew up smoothly, I might not be a policeman at all, and I would never have the chance to meet Xing Yue.

It seems that it is indeed too extravagant to want to have a happy family, loving parents, a career you love, and someone you really like.

Fortunately, I lost half of these extravagant things, but got the other half.God treats me well.

Perhaps this is already the best arrangement.

"Brother Xing," he held Xing Yue's hand, "now you have a mother who likes you more and more and is getting healthier, and I am a boyfriend who is healthy and likes you, why don't you know foot?"

Only then did the corners of Xing Yue's lips curl up, and he turned to look at him, "Xiao Hai, I think my mother likes you so much that she even gets me involved."

"Really." Xiang Hai loves to hear these words, and he feels happy in his heart, "So you're sour again?"

"Not sour." Xing Yue smiled, "I'm happy."

The wait was long, and the two sat and looked at their phones.

Fang Qiao, who had disappeared for more than a month, suddenly sent a message.

- Lao Xing, are you here?

-explain.

- What are you busy with recently, why don't you contact me?

Xing Yue pouted.Who is not contacting whom?

Ever since she lost her love, Fang Qiao has withered, depressed, and stopped jumping.This is his routine.

Now he suddenly popped up and put on a show again. Looking around, he was obviously resurrected.

-I am at the hospital.My mother is ill and is undergoing surgery.

No sooner had the news been sent than Xing Yue's phone rang.

"Fuck me, Lao Xing, what happened? When did this happen? Why didn't you tell me earlier? What kind of disease is it? Is it serious? Which hospital? I'll go there now!"

Xing Yue frowned and pulled the receiver away.

Xiang Hai also turned his head.This sound is very familiar...

"Fuck, can you keep your voice down." Xing Yue put the mobile phone on the other ear, "I also just found out a few days ago. You don't come here. Let's talk about it after the operation is over and you recover for a few days."

"What kind of disease is that?"

"Liver cancer."

"..." It took Fang Qiao a long time before there was any movement again, "Fuck...what, why is it like this."

Xing Yue didn't want to continue this heavy topic, so he asked him, "What do you want from me?"

"Hey, yeah, it's okay, don't you miss me now?"

Xing Yue's scalp went numb, "Get lost!"

Xiang Hai pursed his lips, squinted his eyes, and pointed at him.

Xing Yue grabbed his finger and pressed it on his leg, "If you have something to say, you have to fart. Are you dating again, or have you raised your level?"

Fang Qiao immediately giggled twice on the phone, "Old Xing, you still understand me! I found you a sister-in-law again, it was just settled yesterday, and I will report to you immediately today! How about it, isn't it interesting? Are you happy?"

Xing Yue pinched the phone and licked his lips.

Fang Qiao was immersed in the happy atmosphere he created, and did not miss any opportunity to educate Xing Yue, "Seriously, Lao Xing, you really have to hold on tight, it's almost enough, don't pick too much. Your sister-in-law is happy, don't you have to suffer again? You really plan to fuck yourself for the rest of your life?"

If it was normal, if Fang Qiao took the initiative to be mean like this, he would scold him when he was in a good mood, and hang up the phone if he was in a bad mood.

But today, heh.

He tilted his head, looked at Xiang Hai who was staring at him with an unpredictable expression, grabbed his shoulders, and hugged him, "Sorry old Joe, I disappointed you, I have a fucking girlfriend Yes, it’s still the one that lasts forever. Save your energy, save it and masturbate yourself after this object blows.”

The picture on the phone is disconnected.Xiang Hai desperately covered his mouth.

"How is it, old Qiao, am I not enough? Are you happy?" Xing Yue finally smiled comfortably.

After being still for another ten seconds, Fang Qiao exploded, "Fuck! Xing Yue, you are a fucking dog! You bastard!"

"If you have a date, don't tell me immediately! Are you fucking sorry for me? When did I have a date and didn't tell you?"

"XXXXXXXXXX!!"

Fang Qiao's noise pollution was too severe, so Xing Yue had to switch the phone back to the other side, "Okay, shut up. I didn't tell anyone. I'm not the first to tell you." Luo Meihua doesn't count.

Only then did Fang Qiao feel a little more comfortable, and reluctantly accepted, "Then, send me the photo of your partner, and I'll let you see your sister-in-law too."

"Go away, don't fucking take advantage of me."

"What's the matter, you don't want to show it to me? It's okay, I'll praise you even if you look ugly, can't you?"

Xing Yue glanced at Xiang Hai again, raised his eyebrows, "What's the point of looking at the photos. Let's have a dinner date another day, and I'll introduce you formally."

Xiang Hai's eyes immediately widened.

"Okay! Interesting enough!" Fang Qiao almost applauded through the phone, "Then I'll go see Auntie later, and then we'll have dinner!"

"Hmm. Hang up."

After hanging up the phone, Xing Yue released Xiang Hai.

"Brother Xing, are you serious?" Xiang Hai looked at him.

"Seriously?"

"That's right, what you said on the phone just now."

"You heard everything?"

"Nonsense, you two have such a loud voice, can you hear me?" Xiang Hai curled his lips, "You don't really intend to introduce me to him, do you?"

Fang Qiao's relationship is different from Luo Meihua's.He felt that Xing Yue should just be unconvinced and make a fuss.

"Of course it's true. Can you just joke about it?"

"Is this okay?" Xiang Hai still couldn't believe it.

"Why not?" Xing Yue looked at him, "Oh, but if you don't want to, forget it."

"...No." Xiang Hai was not unwilling, he felt that this was not the point.

"Brother Xing, Fang Qiao knows you, you..."

"do not know."

"..."

"I'll know when I see you." Xing Yue's thoughts always seemed to be so frank.

"Okay." Now that he has said that, Xiang Hai has nothing to do.He only knew that he could never learn Xing Yue's courage and straightforwardness.

"Then you agree?"

"En." Xiang Hai nodded.

Only then did Xing Yue smile, "I want to make that old dog Fang Qiao envious."

Xiang Hai looked at him and said from the bottom of his heart, "Brother Xing, you are really confident."

Xing Yue scratched his chin lightly twice, "You are so nice, I want the whole world to envy me."

The operation lasted for almost three hours, and finally, the light at the door went out.

Dr. Guan pushed open the door of the operating room and came out. Xing Yue rushed to meet him, and Xiang Hai followed closely.

"Doctor Guan, how are you?" Xing Yue asked nervously.

Dr. Guan wiped the sweat from his forehead, "The operation itself was a success, and part of the patient's liver was removed. However, the cancer cells showed signs of spreading, and we tried to remove them as much as possible. But the follow-up development is still hard to say. It depends on the subsequent treatment effect and the patient's own resistance."

"Stop guarding here, go back to the ward. The nurse will send the patient back later."

"Okay. Thank you doctor!" Xing Yue shook hands with the doctor gratefully and watched him leave.

But recalling what the doctor said, he was a little at a loss, "Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"

"Of course it's a good thing!" Xiang Hai snorted on his back, "Didn't the doctor say that the operation was a success. This disease will be cured all at once, take your time, and it will definitely get better!"

Xing Yue nodded.The two went back to the ward.

Soon, Luo Meihua was also pushed back to the ward, and did not wake up until the afternoon.Still groggy after waking up.

When it was time for the visit to end, there could not be too many people in the ward, so Xing Yue asked Xiang Hai to go back.

"Can you do it alone?" Xiang Hai didn't want to leave.

"It's okay." Xing Yue rubbed his head, "Go back and rest early."

"Yeah." Xiang Hai kissed him, "Then I'll come early tomorrow morning and bring you and auntie breakfast."

"Okay." Xing Yue smiled at him, but in fact he was reluctant to let him go.

Xiang Hai walked away step by step.

After leaving the hospital, the sky outside was still bright, much cooler than during the day.An occasional ray of breeze blows by, bringing a rare comfort in summer.

Xiang Hai walked out of the gate of the hospital alone, but he didn't want to take a car, so he just walked along the shade of the trees.

It was dinner time at this moment, and the passers-by on the road were either rushing home for dinner, or after dinner, they went out for a walk to cool off.

Occasionally, a group of students in school uniforms can be seen, riding a bicycle, passing by noisily.

Xiang Hai picked off a leaf at random, put it between his two thumbs, puffed up his cheeks and blew.

The leaves whistled "chirp".

It's a trick he'd known since he was a kid.

After blowing for a while, he continued to walk alone with the leaves in his mouth.

At this time, a mother and son came up from behind and hurried past him.The children's complaints spread all the way.

"I don't want to practice! I just don't want to practice! Don't-want-practice!"

This is a little boy of seven or eight years old, held by his mother, stomping his feet, shaking his arms, and reluctantly followed.

"Good boy, baby is obedient, the teacher praised you for your progress!" The mother looked at the time, and while coaxing her son, she continued to pull him away quickly.

"I don't like playing the piano! I don't like that teacher either!" the little boy yelled, venting his dissatisfaction.

"Listen to my mother, ah, my baby is the most obedient! The teacher likes you." The mother coaxed her son with ease.

The two walked faster and faster, the child was still stamping his feet, but what he said was gradually hard to hear.

This scene is really familiar.Xiang Hai dropped the leaf in his mouth and slowed down, trying to distance himself from the mother and child.

When he was a child, his mother often coaxed him like this.It's just that he was much more obedient than this little boy back then, never jumping in anger, let alone yelling loudly.

Therefore, my mother can always coax him easily, and always praises him for being good.

If it were Xing Yue, no one would be able to coax her.

Thinking of this, he burst out laughing.

By the way, Xing Yue said that he was blank when he was a child, he didn't learn anything, and he grew up freely like a wild dog.

God really likes to make such cruel jokes.

There is a small children's playground in the shade of the roadside, where there are several seesaws, some small animal rocking chairs, and a swing.

Probably the children were called back to eat by their parents, and the playground was empty at the moment, looking a little lonely.

Xiang Hai walked over and sat on the swing, lit a cigarette, put his feet on the ground, and swayed gently.

The smoke was pushed to the distance, and with the wind brought by the swing, it fell on him.

When did you start smoking?Xiang Hai recalled.

I didn't have this habit when I graduated from the police academy, and I didn't start it until I arrived at the police station.

He also vividly remembers the first time tobacco was stuffed into his mouth.

At that time, he had already returned to Dongjiang, lost his home and mother, and wandered alone on the street.

Dirty, shabby, and messed up like a monster.

When I met a group of half-grown children, some laughed at him, some surrounded him and asked where he came from, and some beat him with stones.

When he didn't speak, they called him dumb, stupid, and mentally handicapped.

When he got anxious, he shouted, "I'm not dumb."

Those children laughed around him, "The mute is talking! The mute is talking!"

"It's not dumb. We asked you just now, why didn't you answer?"

"Not convinced? You fool, you still dare to stare at us?"

The demeanor's attitude irritated them.So they threw him to the ground and beat him.

Several people held down his hands and feet, and one person rode on him and hit him with his fist.

Tired of smashing, he took out a cigarette and lit it, "Come on, little fool, please smoke!"

"Haha, look at how nice we are to you!"

A lit cigarette was forced into his mouth.He tilted his head and spat aside.

Those people were enraged, scolded him, and held his head while someone opened his mouth, and stuffed the whole cigarette in, "Eat it! Eat it! How dare you spit it out! Mom! of."

He will never forget the choking bitterness and the burning taste of cigarette butts on the tip of his tongue.

"Hey! What are you doing!"

He felt that he was about to die, when he suddenly heard a voice approaching quickly.

"Little brat, what are you doing?"

The children who were riding on him scattered and ran away without a trace.

"The police are coming! Hahahaha! Run!!"

The police are here?

Xiang Hai opened his eyes and spit out the chewed tobacco in his mouth.

"Child, are you okay? They beat you, did you get hurt?"

It was Lu Songjiang.

He pulled Xiang Hai up from the ground and patted the dirt on his body.

"These little bastards don't know what their parents taught them!"

"What's your name, kid? Where do you live?"

Xiang Hai stared at the police badge on his hat, and then looked into his eyes.

His whole body hurt from the beating, and his mouth hurt even more.But he still smiled at Lu Songjiang and didn't speak.

At this time, the phone rang, and he withdrew his thoughts.

"Are you home?" Xing Yue's voice came over.

"Not yet." Xiang Hai smiled, "I didn't take a car, I just walked around."

"Aren't you tired?"

"Not tired." He stopped the swing, "What are you doing?"

"Go outside and smoke a cigarette."

"Coincidentally, I'm smoking too." He looked at a small piece of cigarette butt in his hand, "How is Auntie?"

"I just woke up for a while and fell asleep again."

"Brother Xing, don't worry, it will be fine."

"Well. Listen to you." Xing Yue obediently agreed, "You can take a taxi and go, don't wander around."

"Row."

"Then see you tomorrow?"

"See you tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Xiang Hai didn't leave, and started swinging on the swing again.

After a few swings, the phone rang again.

I thought Xing Yue was calling again, but when I stopped to look, it was a string of unfamiliar numbers.

"Hello?" After hesitating for a while, he still picked it up.

"Is it Xiang Hai? I'm Jiang Yuan."

"Yes, Team Jiang." Xiang Hai was startled, and quickly jumped off the swing.

"There is an emergency situation. I will take two people to Guangdong tomorrow. Are you okay?"

"Me??" Xiang Hai was even more surprised.

"Yes. You, and a comrade from our team. Are you having trouble?"

"No, no. Then, Team Zhou..."

"Zhou Xun knows that this is also the result of our discussion today. You will talk about the specific situation when you come tomorrow."

"Yes."

"Tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, you can go directly to the Municipal Bureau to find me. Let's have a meeting to familiarize yourself with the case. Try to take the afternoon flight to Guangdong."

"...Yes."

Jiang Yuan didn't say anything, and hung up the phone.

Xiang Hai was still holding the phone in a daze.

tomorrow?Guangdong?What is the case, so suddenly...

What about Xing Yue?

He immediately dialed the phone to Xing Yue, but he didn't get through, so he pressed it off again.

How should I say it?What to do, how long to go, when to come back, can you come back...

Xing Yue is still in the hospital, Luo Meihua is still awake, how can I talk to him?

Xiang Hai put away the phone, quickly returned to the side of the road, and took a taxi.

When he got home, he started to work until midnight.

He made braised pork ribs, coke chicken wings, fried some vegetables, stewed rice, and washed some fruits.Then put these into crisper boxes one by one, take them to Xing Yue's house, and put them neatly in the refrigerator.

After thinking about it, he left a note for Xing Yue:

Brother Xing, I have a temporary mission to leave Dongjiang. I don't know how long I will be there and when I will be able to return.But I will definitely come back, you wait for me.Sorry, I can't be with you these days.But I will always miss you.

(Open the refrigerator for a surprise)

-Little sea.

He pressed the note on the dining table and left Xing Yue's house.

The next day, Xiang Hai got up early again and went to the hospital with a prepared breakfast.

"Brother Xing?" He gently pushed open the door of the ward, Luo Meihua was still asleep, and Xing Yue was sitting on a chair and taking a nap.

Hearing the voice, Xing Yue opened his eyes and rubbed his aching neck.

"It's so early?" He squeezed his throat and stood up from his chair.

Xiang Hai put the breakfast on the table, and hooked his fingers towards him.

The two walked out of the ward lightly.

"When did you get up?" Xing Yue let go of his voice when he reached an empty corner of the corridor, and pulled Xiang Hai to laugh.

"Just be normal." Xiang Hai also smiled, "When Auntie wakes up, you can eat together."

"Okay." Xing Yue yawned and shook his neck again, "Aren't you going to eat together?"

"I've eaten, wait a minute, I have to go to the bureau."

"What are you doing in the bureau?" Xing Yue tilted his head, "Isn't today Saturday?"

"I have something to do, go to a meeting."

Xing Yue snorted, "Zhou Xun can really command people."

"Then are you coming back after the meeting?"

"Ah."

"Okay." Xing Yue let him go reluctantly, "Then you go."

"Yeah." Xiang Hai nodded, but didn't move.

"Is there anything else?" Xing Yue looked at him with his head down, and said to leave but didn't.

"It's okay." Xiang Hai raised his head, "Then I'm leaving?"

"Let's go. See you later."

Xiang Hai turned around, took two steps, then ran back suddenly, threw himself on Xing Yue, and hugged his neck tightly, "Brother Xing, I'm leaving, you need to take care of yourself."

Xing Yue laughed, and stroked the back of his head, "What are you doing, it's like parting with life and death. Why don't we just have a meeting, don't Zhou Xun want to abuse you!"

Xiang Hai let go of him, smiled and shook his head, "It's nothing."

"Then I'm leaving, Brother Xing."