Balancing

It was raining heavily outside, for several days in a row, the whole city seemed to be soaked in a big water tank, lingering on its last breath, the dark sky was pouring over the top of the head, ready to collapse and destroy the city at any time, the way of the world Impermanence, no one knows what will happen in the next minute, all the prosperity, nothing more than...been here before.

Lu Heng took the cigarette by the bedside, lit the fourth one after waking up, and glanced out from the gap between the closed curtains, feeling that he should be able to spend another whole day on the bed. Step out the door?Lu Heng can't remember clearly either, he only wants to live and die with the rain outside, and never leave.

The ear-piercing ringtone interrupted Lu Heng's comfort. He subconsciously felt around the bed. No, he lifted the quilt and searched around devoutly again, but he still couldn't find the phone. Who the fuck is calling, you'd better pray that I don't find the phone.

The ringtone stopped for three seconds after it was automatically hung up, and then rang urgently. Lu Heng grabbed his head and jumped out of bed. Suddenly, he stepped on something hard and cold. That's right, his mobile phone was lying on the floor under the bed recklessly. superior.

"Are you going to tell me the sky is falling?"

"Not yet, I guess it will be soon. Hey, have you eaten early in the morning? So rushed." Li Wei is one of the few people in Lu Heng who can talk in the police logistics department, and no one in the work unit likes to talk to him. With Lu Heng's eccentric colleague, Li Wei is always close to him without fear of danger. Now he heard Lu Heng's tone of anger, and he didn't forget to tease him.

"If you have a fart, put it away, if you don't have a fart, get out." Lu Heng took the last cigarette in his hand and put it out in the ashtray.

"Hey, it's been three days, and I can't even find the reason for asking for leave on Du Niang. The higher-ups are very upset, so please excuse me to go to court today." Li Wei put on a persuasive tone.

Lu Heng stood up and left the bedroom, went to the kitchen and took a bottle of purified water from the refrigerator, "It's raining outside." He replied in a dragging voice.

"Comrade Lu Heng, why don't you just resign, I look tired." Lu Heng's lazy tone made Li Wei feel like giving up.

"Come and pick me up, I don't have an umbrella at home." Lu Heng turned and went back to the room, pulled his clothes and pants from the cupboard and put them on.He knew Li Wei well, but he would never call and urge him to go back to work if he could handle it.

"Come on, 15 minutes, the canteen downstairs." After Li Wei finished speaking, he hung up the phone, for fear that he would regret it.

Pulling back the curtains, Lu Heng stood in front of the window facing the pouring rain outside, cursed secretly, "fuck", reluctantly went into the bathroom to wash, and prepared to go out.

When he ran to the canteen in the rain, he looked down at the time. It had been 5 minutes before Li Wei arrived, and his mood became impatient again. He subconsciously touched his pockets with both hands. He wanted to smoke but found that he didn't bring it. It is not so expensive to have at hand at ordinary times, but when you want to smoke and don’t have any, it is as uncomfortable as ten thousand ants piercing your heart.Depressed, he went into the canteen, bought a pack of Zhongnanhai and a lighter, and squatted in front of the store to smoke them.

After a while, Li Weicai drove towards Lu Heng in his unit's Jinbei van to purchase items for the ministry.

"Four and 10 minutes, did you come here by crossing the river?" Lu Heng jumped onto the co-pilot and complained to Li Wei.

"I thought I could get there, but I forgot to look up at the sky. Many roads are blocked. I'm sorry." Li Wei also looked down on himself for always flattering this guy with a stinky face all day long, but he transferred logistics from Lu Heng three years ago. From that day on, he could tell at a glance that this product was not something in the pool, and that he would definitely be able to lead him to the Kangzhuang Avenue in the future. Li Wei has always believed so firmly, and has been serving him like this.

"Have you eaten yet? The buns I brought you." Seeing the still warm buns handed over by Li Wei, Lu Heng felt much better, and took a bite of them.

"Thank you." Lu Heng didn't say thank you lightly, and he didn't bother to say it when he gave him more face, but he always thanked him for such trivial things. Li Wei still hasn't figured out this mystery.

Days of rain blocked several fortress roads in the urban area, and the car drove around in the rain. When we arrived at the police logistics department building, the cafeteria was almost open for lunch.

As soon as he walked into the office, he heard Jiang Haosheng, Vice Minister Jiang's high-spirited voice coming from the back of his head.

"You guys are really good at it. You came here at lunchtime, right? There wasn't even a shadow of a hair in the office all morning. Are you going to fight the flood or save the children who fell into the water?"

He pointed at Lu Heng specifically, "You, is there any relative who has nothing to do and asked you to ask for leave to help, and if you continue to ask, this year's leave will be overdrawn until the next year. Anyway, no one has the ability to punish you. Just play with your life." Li Wei always felt that if Jiang Haosheng used his eloquence in his official career, his future would be limitless.Alas, what a pity.

"I'm canceling the leave today." Lu Heng felt that if he didn't express his opinion, Jiang Haosheng could keep talking until he got off work.

"Knowing that you are being wronged in our small temple, we also hope that you can quickly transfer back to the SWAT team to charge the front line. Before that, I'm sorry to bother you, and you can just make it up, otherwise there will be hundreds of people in the ministry. How can I care about the number?" Jiang Haosheng's mocking tone, which seemed to be pleading, completely angered Lu Heng.

He kicked the chair in front of the desk away, and slammed it heavily on the file cabinet. The loud impact effectively stopped Jiang Haosheng's yin and yang aura.

Seeing this battle, Li Wei hurriedly stepped forward to lift up the chair, and laughed aloud, "Oh, Jiang Bu, don't get angry, we are too ignorant, we promise, from now on we will be safe and work hard, and we will not let you Difficult to do."

Jiang Haosheng was indeed shocked by Lu Heng's kick. He has seen a bad tempered person, but he has never seen a bad tempered one so arrogant. However, his superiors specifically told him to be strict with him. How can a god control him? .

He still wanted to say something, but he swallowed it hard when he got to his mouth, and he didn't forget to say "I can do it myself" when he left.

Li Wei kept staring at Jiang Haosheng's back and entered the office, and then he went to Lu Heng and said, "You've been doing something wrong lately, haven't you reported to Guidance Jiang for two months? I know you don't like it, but I advise you to go anyway. Although Jiang Haosheng said something wrong, he said it right, you don't belong here, quickly unload the stones here," pointing to the position of Lu Heng's left chest, "go back early."

Lu Heng leaned against the table with his head down and lit a cigarette, without speaking, the cold air in his eyes turned into ice.

...

Haiyang City is not a small second-tier city, with a comfortable climate and uniform population density. Because it is located near the harbor, its prosperity is not inferior to that of the first-tier cities. In the early years, it was also known as the "Star of the Harbor City". The towering and noisy city precipitated a rare tranquility as the night fell, and the fallen leaves broken by the heavy rain on the roadside were dancing freely on the curb at this moment.

When Jian Ming walked out of the airport, the rain stopped cooperatively. He looked up at the city where he had lived for 23 years. Scenes of fragmentary images rushed towards him. When the skipped frame flashed on his sister's face, he suddenly He had to lower his head, let out a heavy breath, and dragged two large suitcases of luggage to stop a taxi on the side of the road.

Wearing a black windbreaker and rimless glasses, Jian Ming stands 1.8 meters tall and is already very eye-catching in the crowd, but coupled with his handsome appearance that exceeds the standard line, he is eye-catching everywhere. very.Jian Ming was not used to the more and more attention from the surroundings. After handing over the luggage to the driver, he quickly got into the back seat of the taxi.

"Sir, where are you going?" The driver started the car and looked at this man with extraordinary temperament through the rearview mirror.

"Peace Sanatorium"

The driver raised his brows. There is no one in Haiyang who does not know that this Jingxin Sanatorium is a gathering place for mental patients. While thinking about it, he gave Jian Ming a look of whether to confirm again. Seeing that there was no response, he did not return Moji kicked the accelerator and accelerated.

"Sir, did you come back from abroad?" Taxi drivers all over the world have one thing in common. As long as they get in his car, they can't help but want to practice their mouths, and this master is no exception.

Jian Ming instinctively raised his head vigilantly, and asked in confusion, "Why do you ask that?"

"Hey, I just put the suitcase for you, it's heavy enough, and the gentleman's temperament is there, how many people we see every day, it's not difficult to guess." The words were full of a little pride.

Jian Ming withdrew his gaze, a little displeased with his overly nervous reaction without a routine analysis.After ten years of painstaking research on how to think about people's minds, even a master driver can make him fail. It seems that Haiyang is still the deepest nightmare buried in his heart, and his nerves are unconsciously tense when he returns here.

"En." Jian Ming responded indifferently, not wanting to chat with the driver anymore, he took out his mobile phone from his windbreaker pocket, and dialed a series of familiar numbers.

"Dad, it's me."

"Well, we're here? Are you going home directly?" Jiang Luchuan's deep voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I want to see Kiki first, and I'll be home later." Jian Ming is grateful to this adoptive father who has raised him for 16 years, not only because of the support he provided for himself and his sister, but more importantly, because of his support. Occupation affects myself and I finally have the belief to work hard and persevere.

"Okay, I'm going to go out later, you come back and warm up the dishes on the table." Jiang Luchuan said in a normal tone, as if he had such a conversation every day before today, and the six years when Jian Ming left never existed Pass.

Jingxin Sanatorium is located in the northern part of the city. It was already 08:30 in the evening when Jian Ming stood in front of the gate of the sanatorium. Seeing the gate closed, he politely knocked on the window of the guard pavilion, "Hi, master!" , can we still visit today?"

A 40-year-old man in overalls of a nursing home opened the window and shook his head at him: "Hello, we finished visiting at eight o'clock, and the patients also rested. Why don't you come back tomorrow."

Jian Ming was a little frustrated, "Okay... I'm sorry to trouble you, thank you."

In fact, information such as visiting hours can be found quickly by phone or the Internet, but Jian Ming still came instinctively. He didn't leave immediately, but just took a few steps back and looked ahead quietly. His eyes passed through the gate. Walking through the main building, it seems that this way you can see the deepest concern in your heart.

Six years, sister, I'm back..

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