Some time has passed, and in recent days, the Municipal Bureau has organized a city-wide competition for public security officers, requiring all police stations in the city to send representatives to sign up to participate.
At the Balihe Police Station, as expected, Li Mu is the representative.
After more than a week of competition, Li Mu won two individual competition honors.
One is the champion of the city's public security police fighting competition; the other is the third runner-up of the city's public security police shooting competition.
With Li Mu's skills, it would be no problem to win the fighting competition championship; in terms of shooting, Li Mu also had some surprises to win the third place.
He didn't have much time to play with guns in the police academy. His shooting experience came from shooting clubs in previous worlds. Unexpectedly, he won the third place with these experiences.
Perhaps this has something to do with his current strong physique, sharp facial features, and bonus to marksmanship.
When I returned to the police station, I achieved good results that had never been achieved in the history of the Balihe Police Station. I was caught by the director Wang Shouyi and praised me again.
Li Mu is also in a good mood. Honor is one thing. If you want to continue to move up, it is also a kind of qualification.
And I heard that in a few months, the Ministry of Public Security will also hold a national competition for police officers. As expected, Li Mu will probably participate on behalf of Qingshi.
If you can obtain honors, or even win an individual championship, you will probably become a key training target in the bureau.
This also resulted in him needing to frequently go to the city bureau's training center these days to participate in some fighting and shooting training under the guidance of some professionals.
In order to get good results.
Li Mu was quite happy to do it. Regardless of whether he got the honor or not, it was good to learn something.
While he was studying and busy here, Li Dawei became silent for a rare moment. His mother and terminally ill father were about to return from their trip, and he had to face the bloody reality next.
On this day, Li Dawei took half a day off and waited on the high-speed rail platform for more than an hour. Finally, he waited until a high-speed train slowly entered the station.
Looking at the information on the phone, it turned out that this was the right trip. The car ran for a few steps and stopped in front of a carriage. The door opened and Li's mother and Li Yisheng walked out slowly.
Seeing that his father Li Yisheng was very weak and almost completely lying on his mother's back, Li Dawei's eyes instantly turned red and he shouted: "Dad!"
He immediately turned around and asked Li Yisheng to lie on his back.
The three of them walked out of the high-speed rail station and felt the silent atmosphere. Li Dawei had nothing to say: "Mom, I have been out with my dad for more than a month. Have we had enough fun?"
Mother Li forced a smile and said, "That's enough! I've traveled to more than ten countries on this trip, and they're all places your dad has traveled to. Dawei, your dad has traveled to a lot of places in his life."
Li Yisheng lay on Li Dawei's back and smiled: "How many of us are there? I ran to many places! I can't even count them."
Li Dawei said: "Awesome! When you come back this time, are you still running?"
Li Yisheng shook his head: "I won't run anymore, I can't run anymore..."
Li Dawei sighed, not knowing what he felt in his heart.
After returning home and setting Li Yisheng down to rest, Li's mother came out of the bedroom and sat on the sofa with her head lowered. Li Dawei brought a bowl of noodles from the kitchen and brought it to her.
"Mom, you've been in the car for so long, let's have something to eat!"
Mother Li shook her head: "I'm not hungry. I'll eat it later. Let's put it away first."
Li Dawei said: "Where's dad, is he asleep?"
Mother Li sighed: "How can he not fall asleep? With that thing growing in his brain, he may not be able to sleep until he dies."
Li Dawei felt uncomfortable: "Mom, stop talking. Contact the hospital and let my dad be hospitalized. I have money and I have saved a lot of money now."
Mother Li nodded: "Yes, it's time to be hospitalized! You can contact me...at least it can save your father from suffering."
Li Dawei lowered his head: "Yes, I will contact you right away."
Mother Li said: "There is one more thing. Dawei, your dad's current condition cannot be separated from others. After he is hospitalized, I will stay with him in the hospital."
Li Dawei said: "I will also try for it. You also know my job..."
Mother Li also understood: "I know, your father also said that you are a policeman, so don't delay your work because of his illness. But I always hope that you two can talk more before he leaves."
Li Dawei was silent for a while: "I'm going to ask the leader for leave."
On this day, the director and the instructor went to the bureau for a meeting. Li Mu was on duty and presided over the daily work of the bureau.
During the patrol, Li Dawei told Chen Xincheng about the situation.
Chen Xincheng listened carefully and said: "It's time to invite! Dawei, work is very important, and family is also very important. Especially when your father is at this time, don't do anything that you will regret."
Li Dawei nodded vigorously: "I understand, master."
Came to Li Mu's office and explained the situation.
Li Mu was surprised and said: "Your parents have returned from traveling. Have you asked the doctor about your father's condition?"
Li Dawei said sadly: "It shouldn't take more than a month."
Li Mu said: "It has reached this point! Didn't you just come back from traveling yesterday?"
Li Dawei nodded and said: "I came back yesterday. It was almost my mother who carried him back. Alas! This is my father, who lives and plays until he is old."
Li Mu said: "At this time, don't be emotional. I will tell the director when he comes back. You can take a vacation for the next month and spend a day with your dad in the hospital. At this time, spend a day with him."
One less day."
Li Dawei hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said: "Li Suo, no need. I have talked with my mother, and she hopes that I will delay my work as little as possible. As long as I don't work night shifts this month. I have discussed it with her, and she will do it during the day."
,I am at night.”
Li Mu nodded: "That's right! It's okay, but can you bear it?"
Li Dawei said firmly: "No problem!"
Li Mu said: "Okay, you don't have to go to work today, go to the hospital to see your dad, starting tomorrow."
…
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Shouyi and Ye Wei came back from a meeting in the bureau. Li Mu told them about Li Dawei's matter.
Wang Shouyi was a little surprised and said: "So fast, just after returning from the trip..."
Li Mu said: "Indeed!"
Wang Shou glanced at Ye Wei and said: "Instructor, you are responsible for the ideological work in the institute. Li Dawei's father is dying. At this time, he needs the warmth of the collective. Can you mobilize all the strength in the institute?
Arrange shifts and take turns going to the hospital to help take care of her."
Ye Wei hesitated and said, "Okay... okay."
Li Mu saw that something was wrong with her mood: "Sister Ye, are you okay?"
Ye Wei said: "No...it's okay. I'm leaving."
As soon as he walked out of the door, Ye Wei turned around and came back, as if he had made some kind of decision and said: "Director, I... I want to transfer my work."
Wang Shouyi didn't seem surprised: "Where do you want to go? Go to the bureau? The bureau union was short of someone a few days ago, and I recommended you."
Ye Wei lowered his head and whispered: "Director, I don't want to be a policeman anymore."
Wang Shouyi was surprised: "Ah, how could it be possible? You no longer want to be a police officer? Why?"
Ye Wei said: "Director, don't get me wrong. It's because my family's conditions don't allow it."
Wang Shou asked: "Why not allow it?"
Ye Wei sighed: "Director, you don't know that our big family has too many things. No, my father's illness has not recovered yet, and my father-in-law is hospitalized again. My husband and I are both only children, and we have four children.
An old man, plus two children, is really exhausted."
"I want to ask my husband to take leave, but his income accounts for more than half of the family. If he doesn't work, he will have no income. I really can't afford the price. As a policeman, how can I have the nerve to take leave all day long? So I want to be transferred to a casual job.
Go to the unit.”
Wang Shouyi was silent, and after a while he said: "I will think about it, and you will think about it again."
…
Time passed in a hurry, and in the hospital, Li Yisheng was lying quietly on the bed, with an oxygen mask on his face and tubes all over his body.
Li Dawei and Li's mother were sitting in the doctor's office, looking nervous.
The doctor said: "Sorry, we have tried our best. He should be here for a few days. Fortunately, he will soon fall into a deep coma and will not feel any pain."
Li's mother didn't speak. Li Dawei suddenly felt depressed, stood up and walked out. When he came outside the ward, he looked at his unconscious father through the glass on the door.
Li Mu patted his shoulder and whispered: "Are you okay?"
Li Dawei nodded: "I have never felt that I have a father. Now I just feel that I have a father, but he is leaving..."
Li Mu sighed.
…
The next day, Li Dawei went to work as usual and was called to the office by the director.
Seeing his dejected look, Wang Shouyi felt uncomfortable: "You were just a child who couldn't grow up before. After this incident, you will grow up, right? The classes have been arranged in the institute. In the last few days,
, there will be comrades who will always accompany you."
Li Dawei quickly refused: "Director, how can this be allowed? The work in the institute is busy enough."
Wang Shouyi said: "No matter how busy you are, you have to do this! This is our tradition in Balihe. The police profession is very intensive and leaves too little time for family members."
"We can't change this situation, but we can use another way to make up for it, that is, if a family has trouble, everyone will support it!"
"Let every police officer and family member feel that they are living in a warm collective and do something within their ability!"
Li Dawei no longer insisted. The day passed in a hazy way, and he immediately came to the hospital and sat blankly in the corridor. Yang Shu, Xia Jie and Zhao Jiwei also came together.
Zhao Jiwei stretched his head and looked into the ward: "Brother, is our dad okay?"
Li Dawei chuckled: "Zhao Jiwei, if my father had a son like you, he would definitely live an easier life than he does now."
At midnight, Li Yisheng's condition suddenly worsened. Li Dawei knew that time was running out, so he lay down in front of his bed, held one of his hands, and listened to him say with difficulty:
"Dawei, Dad, I'm sorry for you in this life. I have never been willing to live like this. I feel that life is too short and the world is too big. I always want to run around... But if I run, I will run wild. Dad, in this life
, I’m really sorry for you and your mother... I’ve wronged you.”
Li Dawei said sadly: "Dad, stop talking, it's all over."
Li Yisheng shook his head gently: "No, dad wants to say... Dawei, dad is happy... you became a policeman."
"You love freedom just like dad, and you have learned to take responsibility. You are promising... Dawei, dad is proud of you."
Li Dawei couldn't stop crying: "Dad, don't leave in a hurry. Stay with me and mom for a few more days, and then you can stay."
A smile appeared on Li Yisheng's face: "Dad has had a good wife and a good son in his life. He has traveled to many places and seen a lot of things. Dad is satisfied."
After saying that, Li Yisheng fell into a deep coma again. The doctor wanted to check immediately. Li Dawei was pushed out, and Zhao Jiwei and Yang Shu quickly supported him.
Li Dawei turned around and slapped the door, shouting hoarsely: "Dad, hold on! You must hold on..."
Chen Xincheng hugged him tightly: "Dawei, be strong!"
Li Dawei cried: "Master, I am going to lose my father..."
Chen Xincheng also felt uncomfortable: "Dawei, and all of us."
The corridor was full of police officers. People passing by looked at it strangely and whispered:
"Who is this dead person?"
"No need to ask, he must be a big shot."
"It must be, otherwise why are there so many police officers? Ordinary people, who would care about you!"
…
There was a drizzle in the gloomy sky. Li Dawei got out of the van holding Li Yisheng's portrait and walked towards the funeral parlor.
Zhao Jiwei and Yang Shu both wore black armbands and accompanied him on the left and right. Behind him was Mother Li, and Xia Jie and Xiao Dou accompanied her on the left and right.
Wang Shouyi, Li Mu and more than a dozen policemen stood in line on the roadside. When Li Dawei passed by holding his father's portrait, the policemen held their hats in one hand and paid attention to the portrait. The ceremony was solemn and solemn.
When everything was settled, Li Dawei accompanied Li's mother and shook hands with his colleagues at the police station one by one to say goodbye.
After the incident was over and the house was empty, Li Dawei helped Li's mother sit on the sofa: "Mom, you have been tired for several days, please take a rest."
Mother Li's expression was very peaceful: "Mom, you are not tired. Dawei, your father has been running alone for most of his life. With so many people coming to see him off, he has no regrets."
Li Dawei was afraid that she would be sad: "Mom, dad is gone, and you still have me. From now on, we and I will depend on each other. I will move back and stay with you at home."
Mother Li patted his hand: "No, send your dad away, and mom should get busy. There are still many things to do in the earthwork project. I have made money this time, and I am not afraid of being cheated. You can go back to the dormitory."
Li Dawei looked helpless and puzzled, and was finally pushed out of the house and returned to the apartment.
The next day at the police station, Li Dawei explained his mother's situation.
"Why, you don't want to stay with her at home? You just want to be busy with work."
Xia Jie said: "Dawei, be more open-minded. In my opinion, aunt is afraid of becoming dependent on you."
Li Dawei didn't understand: "What do you mean?"
Xia Jie said: "At first glance, my aunt seems to be a very independent person. She is afraid that once her uncle leaves, she will become emotionally dependent on her son, and she will become more and more dependent on him in the future."
Li Dawei was doubtful: "Will it happen?"
Xia Jie said firmly: "Yes! Auntie is really not simple."
After a night of silence, Li Dawei woke up the next morning, picked up his phone to check the time, and scrolled through his Moments, only to find that his mother had posted a message on Moments.
A picture of the rising sun, with the following sentence: "The sun is new every day!"
Li Dawei smiled, jumped up from the bed, put on his sportswear and went for a morning run. He took a rare photo of Zhaoxia and posted a message on WeChat Moments: "A new day has begun!"