Don't move the old man's bounty

Jiang Juan performed exceptionally this time, the soup was very fragrant, the stewed meat was very soft, and the rice noodles were moderately soft and firm, but it was a pity that the two of them were not focused on eating.

After finishing dinner without taste, Xiao Shi wiped the corners of his mouth, feeling a little embarrassed.

Ordinarily there are some things that I shouldn't say as an outsider, but now Jiang Juan is alone, if he doesn't speak up, who else can help him?

Thinking of this, he still bite the bullet and opened his mouth: "This accident... is indeed a bit of an accident."

Jiang Juan put down his chopsticks and looked up at the half-closed door of the upstairs study, as if some man-eating monster was hidden in the dark room, "I won't remember wrongly, that photo appeared later of."

"what?"

"When I was six years old, my father died on duty. My mother took our two brothers and moved to Yanxi, where we have been living ever since. Later, my mother passed away, and my brother and I also went back to the old house. I packed up the old things and restored the place to its original state before leaving. In other words, before that, all my impressions of this house were still at the age of six, but I have no impression of this photo. This proves that no matter when I left or when my brother brought me back, this photo was not there."

Jiang Juan sat on the sofa with his legs curled up and his hands on his knees.This is a very defensive position.

"Because I just lost my father, I was very impressed with the process of leaving the old house and going to the Goose Breath. I remember my mother quickly cleaned up the altar table with my father's portrait before leaving, and covered all the furniture. It looked terrible. So before I left, I cried in my brother's arms, saddened by my dad's sudden death, and scared for the unknown future."

Xiao Shi sat next to him. He remembered that at the end of last autumn, Jiang Juan, who survived the explosion, had a severe rejection reaction to the hospital. Fearing that something might happen to him if he continued like this, Xiao Shi could only follow his heart and discharge him from the hospital early Rest at home and accompany him personally.

But at that time, Jiang Juan didn't have a reasonable status in Yanxi, and he couldn't go back to Changning. He offered to take a rest in Su'an's hometown for a while, and Xiao Shi didn't refuse.

On the first day back here, Xiao Shi cleaned up the whole house by himself, and found some uncleaned incense ash, white flowers and fragile white threads in the corner, which seemed to have fallen from the filial cloth, It seemed as if the funeral had just been held, and the people who lived here moved out in a hurry.

But Xiao Shi didn't think much about it at that time. Jiang Juan's mind was too sensitive after being injured. A simple sentence could cause emotional fluctuations, so he didn't ask too much.

But after hearing this now, he still found something unusual.

"Leaving at the age of six and coming back at the age of 33, there was an interval of 27 years... Even if you lived with Jiang once ten years ago, the house would still be too clean."

Jiang Juan nodded, "I have been to a house that no one lived in for ten years. The dust can be so thick. If it is left unattended for a long time, cobwebs will form on the corners of the walls and mold will form at the base of the walls. This is normal. But we will come back At the time, these traces were very shallow, and it looked like no one had cleaned them up for a year or so. But my brother has been gone for ten years, ten years...it shouldn't be like this."

Xiao Shi went to check the window of the living room. He had thought it was strange before, but he didn't think much about it.

This old house has a history of more than 30 years. It is older than Jiang Juan. The window frame is an old-fashioned iron frame structure, the kind commonly used in the north in the 80s and 21s. The disadvantage of being heavy, so after entering the [-]st century, ordinary people have gradually replaced it with more convenient materials.

Xiao Shi also grew up in a northern family when he was a child. He remembers that when he was a child, his neighbor’s house had such old-fashioned window frames. When the wind blew outside, the loose window frames and the glass would rub against each other and make clanking noises.So when he returned to Jiang's old house, he would often miss his past.

Now the window frame has a thick layer of rust, but it is still well preserved, and it is no problem to maintain the surface stability.

He moved up and down against the window glass with his hand, so that the old-fashioned window frame would always come loose due to the poor closure of the gap. Usually, for the convenience of installation, the glass will be smaller than the outer frame, leaving a certain space in between .

Sure enough, when he pushed the glass up, he found the trademark and the date of manufacture engraved on the bottom edge of the glass.

"April 2020, 3."

This proves that after this time, someone replaced the new glass for this house.

He said: "The house has been exposed to the wind and the sun for a long time, the window panes are often damaged, and there are small animals occupying the unoccupied house, but when I came back last year, let alone the animal's nest, even the furniture was chewed. No. Today I went around the house and checked carefully, and I didn’t find any mouse holes. No matter how I look at it, I feel that the house is too well maintained. Tell me, could someone be there all the time when your brothers don’t know? Do you want to take care of it, or simply live here? I heard that we are coming back, so I hurriedly restored the layout here to the way you left."

Jiang Juan thought the same way, he said thoughtfully, "Besides this, there is another detail that I am very concerned about."

"Huh? What details."

Jiang Juan sat with his knees hugged, staring straight at the wooden table near the wall in front of him, "After ten years, when I returned to this house with you, I found that There are still wrinkles in the white cloth covering the sofa, just where I am sitting now, it seems that there is someone looking there while maintaining my current posture."

He pointed to the table, "My father's portrait was enshrined there back then, and many people in police uniforms came to pay homage to him. It was the last place where his figure was left. If it is what you said, then this person Must have sat here to mourn my dad after it was restored to its old look, or bid him a final farewell."

Thinking so hard was not an option. The two prepared some gifts early the next morning and planned to visit nearby villagers to find out the situation.

When Jiang Juan was on the road, he still recalled: "My dad said that this place is at the junction of the county town and the village, which is convenient for him to go to work in Changning. Usually, there are few people coming and going, and it is very quiet, so he chose this place to build a house. I didn't understand it when I was young. What he meant, now it seems that this place is very remote, and it is also some distance from the road leading to the county. Usually, no one comes here, and I always feel that he is avoiding people. Even if he goes to the village to inquire What will happen."

"Changning?" Xiao Shi asked suspiciously, "It's ten kilometers away, and your father works for the Changning Municipal Bureau. Why did you settle your home in such a distant county?"

"I don't know either. I've asked before, but he's been vague about it. I was young at the time, and I forgot about it when I gave it a candy. Now I don't remember what reason he gave me as an asshole."

Speaking of Jiang Juan, he laughed himself, and soon the smile faded, "I remember that he is often not at home, and only comes back during the holidays, so when we were young, my brother and I always looked forward to seeing him sooner rather than later." He probably did this to protect his family, which I only found out after I arrived in Changning, that place is really comparable to a dragon's pond and a tiger's lair, the water is deep enough to drown people."

Xiao Shi was puzzled: "Listen to you, how does the Changning Municipal Bureau look like a demon cave that can eat people? They are also in the public security system, so far behind Yanxi?"

Jiang Juan shrugged, "Children born to the same parents may not all have similar looks and personalities. They are in the same system, and different departments and regions have different ethos. Other departments of the Changning Municipal Bureau are fine, but the anti-drug department is a Helping mobs, cooperating with drug dealers, and has always been that virtue, I don’t know how my dad persisted back then.”

He covered his mouth and coughed a few times. He should have something to say later, but he turned a corner.

"Whenever Yanxi's anti-drug work makes progress, they will come out halfway to intercept the suspect, or let the suspect go, or simply kill the suspect. There is no proof. There is always an excuse after the incident, insisting that they have been following the suspect for a long time, Acting together with Yanxi is just a coincidence, not going through the procedures in advance according to the rules is a matter of urgency, and the formalities are often made up later, and there are forces operating behind the scenes, so it is not easy to track down."

"It's so outrageous!"

"Last year, Xiao Pun almost died in their hands."

When it comes to Changning's anti-drug, Jiang Juan always has a feeling that he can't get angry.

"Xiao Xun was involved in a kidnapping case, and his investigation involved their interests, so they wanted to kill people to silence them. Fortunately, Xiao Xun was killed, and Song Yuzhi was guarding him. He made a circle around the gate of hell and survived. , Later this matter was also closed because of the death of the person in charge.”

Xiao Shi licked his lips and only cared about one thing: "Do you have any injuries caused by them?"

"Yes, ribs, radius. The injuries are not serious, nothing good..."

Xiao Shi put his hands into Jiang Juan's coat, stroking his ribs one by one, and the itchy Jiang Juan straightened back.

But he held Jiang Juan with a heavy face, and kept moving his hands until he touched the uneven crack.

Even if the flesh and blood can heal, the pain and burden that has been experienced cannot be erased.

In this bruised body, how many hidden old wounds did he not know?

"I found it, here it is."

Seeing that Xiao Shi wanted to bow his head, Jiang Juan inserted five fingers into his hair and held him down, "Don't kiss, this is outside."

"...it hurts."

"Fortunately, it doesn't hurt compared to him."

Jiang Juan's mood remained stable, but what he said was creepy, "I didn't stand up and act as a sandbag, and when I fought back, I broke his leg, kicked half of his egg, and was taken away by an ambulance. At that time, he was still bleeding, and I walked into the hospital by myself, so it may be that he was in more pain."

Such a gentle atmosphere was unexpectedly broken by a joke of his. The most important thing was that this person could say such a thing with such a deadpan expression that even Xiao Shi couldn't help laughing.

Not letting the kiss hurt, Xiao Shi wanted to kiss his lips again, but the man took a step back and avoided him as soon as he approached, staring intently behind him.

Xiao Shi turned his head, and saw a slightly familiar man hiding by the low wall timidly. When he found that the two noticed him, he turned his head and ran away.

The author has something to say:

Jiang Xun: (Lights a cigarette in vicissitudes of life) Ah Juan is still modest.

Xiao Shi: Is it still modest to kick half of a useless person? ?Do you have any misunderstanding about this word, Jiang? !

Jiang Xun: (breathing smoke) It doesn't matter if the egg is useless, this person died later.So Xiao Laogou, I advise you to be kind, and it is best to be a man with your tail between your legs.

Xiao Shi: ...

Those of you who have seen the upper part should know who this lucky little guy who lost half of his egg is.Don't worry if you haven't seen it, the plot of this person will be mentioned later.

Thank you for reading the text, cute~

Thanks to Yun Tinghe for the grenade x1

Thanks to Yun Tinghe for mine x3

Thank you brother Xun, did you blow up your hair today, mine x1

Thanks for feeding! !