Gu Chen originally wanted to park the car quickly and meet up with Lu Weiwei.
But now, I met the Xiaozhuang from the daytime in the parking lot, and Xiaozhuang seemed to be having some difficulties now.
Thinking that he couldn't just stay here like this, Gu Chen simply turned on the answer button.
"Junior Brother Gu, where have you been? We are all waiting for you?"
Lu Weiwei's voice came over the phone, and there was some chatter and laughter around her. It seemed that everyone was chatting with Lu Weiwei's best friends.
Gu Chen quickly replied: "Senior Sister Lu, I met the Xiaozhuang who was there during the day in the parking lot. He seemed to be in some difficulties. I'll talk to him first and then I'll find you later."
"Ah?" Seeing that Gu Chen was delayed for something, Lu Weiwei on the phone seemed to be quite sorry and said quickly:
"Xiao Zhuang? Is that the Xiao Zhuang who took us into the gymnasium during the day?"
"Yes, he has been fired now." Gu Chen said.
"Is that so?" Lu Weiwei on the phone hesitated for a few seconds and then said:
"How about this, Junior Brother Gu, you ask Xiaozhuang to come over for a meal. Anyway, it's just a pair of chopsticks."
"Okay, let me ask him." After hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Gu Chen quickly asked Xiaozhuang:
"Why don't you come with us and have a meal? We'll be at the Four Seasons Hotel."
"No need." After hearing Gu Chen's words, Xiaozhuang immediately declined and said, "I've already had dinner."
"Then where will you stay at night?" Gu Chen said.
"Just...just find a place to live." Xiaozhuang said without confidence.
At this moment, a cool breeze blew around him, and Xiaozhuang couldn't help but shrink his neck.
When Gu Chen saw this, he quickly asked: "Can't you live back in the dormitory?"
"I have graduated and can't go back," Xiaozhuang said.
"Then you don't have a place to live in Jiangnan City?" Gu Chen asked again.
Xiaozhuang shook his head: "I came from out of town, specifically to be a volunteer at Jay Chou's concert, and I wanted to try my luck here."
"It's just my bad luck that I met Zhang Zhiqiang, the boss, but now I can't even volunteer."
"Then where did you stay last night?" Gu Chen asked.
"Last night? Didn't you work at the stadium last night? So, I followed the big guys and lived in the stadium, just making a bunk on the floor."
"But I was kicked out by Zhang Zhiqiang today. I don't have a place to stay for the time being, so I have been walking here. I don't know where to go. I just need to find a place to spend the night."
"It's definitely not possible to sleep here." Seeing that Xiaozhuang didn't have a place to stay, Gu Chen asked again:
"Then how much money do you have left on you?"
"I still have a few hundred dollars in cash on me, which I earned yesterday by sneaking into Zhang Zhiqiang's work team and fishing in troubled waters."
"But in fact, I still owe tens of thousands of dollars."
"Do you still have debts?" Listening to Xiaozhuang's explanation, Gu Chen was a little in disbelief.
But Xiaozhuang said with a smile: "It's normal. How many of today's young people are not excessive consumers? Many of them owe a lot of money to the platform."
"But I'm different. My business failed and I lost a lot of money when I liquidated my inventory."
"In addition, I am a relatively strong person and I don't dare to ask my family for money, so..."
"So what's going on? So you go to Jiangnan City to watch Jay Chou's concert when you don't have any money? You just want to be a volunteer and take advantage of the performance?"
Gu Chen also made it clear.
Although Xiaozhuang didn't want to admit it, what Gu Chen said was true.
After thinking about it, Xiaozhuang still nodded in agreement: "Yes, I just feel that I am already so unlucky. Isn't it too much for me to come to see my idol's concert?"
"I can't get tickets, and I can't afford high-priced tickets, so I'll work as a volunteer at the head office, right?"
"Although volunteers only receive a small subsidy, I thought it would be nice to join the ranks of workers and make a little money."
"But to be honest, I really can't do those heavy jobs."
After saying this, Xiaozhuang also raised his arm and explained to Gu Chen: "Look at me, I have thin arms and legs. They asked me to unload the goods."
With a heavy sigh, Xiaozhuang also said with a wry smile: "I really can't do it. It doesn't mean that I have to fish for fish. Sometimes I am also a self-aware person."
"I plan to go to another place tomorrow to see if I can apply for volunteers."
"If I can, I still have a chance to see Jay Chou's concert for free."
"But the recruitment of volunteers has ended a long time ago." Although Gu Chen could understand Xiaozhuang's eagerness to go to Jay's concert.
But on the other hand, Xiaozhuang's wish to become a volunteer may have come to nothing because the recruitment of volunteers has ended long ago.
"Haha." Hearing what Gu Chen said, Xiaozhuang laughed twice and explained:
"When I first became a volunteer, I met a few buddies. They might have a way to let me volunteer."
"So, comrade police, you don't have to worry, we are just trying our luck anyway."
While he was talking, another gust of cool wind hit him, and Gu Chen couldn't help but shrink his neck.
Seeing that Xiaozhuang was in such a mess at the moment, he didn't follow him to have dinner.
Perhaps this is Xiaozhuang's last dignity.
Gu Chen couldn't stand it anymore and asked curiously: "Then what are your plans in the future? After the concert, will you still stay in Jiangnan City?"
"Maybe, you can find a job in Jiangnan City first. There are quite a lot of opportunities here," Xiaozhuang said.
"Okay." Seeing Xiaozhuang like this, Gu Chen couldn't say anything else and directly reminded him: "Get up."
"Where to go?" Hearing what Gu Chen said, Xiaozhuang was also curious.
"I'll take you to find a place to stay first," Gu Chen said.
"But I don't have that much money for accommodation." At this moment, Xiaozhuang seemed to be short of money.
Gu Chen smiled slightly: "I'll give it to you, get up."
Seeing that Gu Chen had said this, it seemed that it would be unjustifiable if he didn't appreciate it anymore.
So Xiaozhuang quickly stood up, picked up his backpack, and followed Gu Chen directly.
Gu Chen took Xiaozhuang directly to his vehicle, opened the door and motioned for Xiaozhuang to get in the car.
Afterwards, Gu Chen took Xiaozhuang and drove directly to the entrance of a nearby hotel.
After getting off the bus, he took Xiaozhuang to the front desk.
"Is there any room left?" Gu Chen asked.
"Yes, there is also a standard room, do you want it?"
"Yes." Gu Chen responded, turning to look at Xiaozhuang: "Bring me your ID card."
Xiaozhuang hesitated and handed his ID card directly to Gu Chen.
After Gu Chen handed it over to the front desk, he also reminded him: "It will be open for five days."
"Okay." After hearing Gu Chen's words, the receptionist immediately started to operate.
Within a moment, Gu Chen received the room card.
"It's room 203 on the second floor." The female front desk reminded.
"Thank you." Gu Chen thanked him, and then led Xiaozhuang into the elevator to the second floor.
After using the room card to open room 203, Gu Chen also inserted the room card and turned on the lights.
Gu Chen walked in and took a look at it casually, and then said: "The environment is quite good. You can stay here for the next few days and find a job by the way."
"If you are lucky, it would be best if you can choose a volunteer. It doesn't matter if you can't choose a volunteer. Just implement the work first."
"Comrade police, thank you so much. It's my first time coming to this city and I don't have many friends. I met a few buddies we could chat with at the gymnasium."
"Other than that, I have no other friends."
Taking a deep breath, Xiaozhuang also choked with sobs and said, "I will always remember your great kindness."
"When I have money, I will pay it back to you. I won't owe you anything."
"Let's talk about this later. When people have difficulties, I just hope that you can overcome them as soon as possible." Gu Chen also said comfortingly.
Xiaozhuang nodded silently and said with a wry smile: "Yes, after all, after these few days, I will be reborn. Thank you, Officer Gu."
Finally, Xiaozhuang bowed 90 degrees to Gu Chen to express his gratitude.
Seeing Gu Chen here, busy with his accommodation for the night, Xiaozhuang also felt sorry and said:
"Okay, Officer Gu, I'm sorry to have delayed you for so long. You'd better go have dinner quickly."
"You're welcome." Seeing that Xiaozhuang's matter had been settled, Gu Chen simply dug into his pocket, put some change on the table, and said:
"I usually don't carry too much change with me. Even if I meet some old people selling vegetables on the roadside at night, I will use my change to buy all their vegetables and let them go home early."
"Because the elderly generally rarely use smartphones, I will prepare some change and let the money go directly to them instead of transferring it to their children's mobile phones."
"Officer Gu, you are so kind, really, but I can't accept this money." Seeing what Gu Chen said, Xiaozhuang's eyes changed when he looked at Gu Chen, but he wanted to return the change on the table to Gu Chen.
.
Gu Chen refused directly and said: "It's just over a hundred yuan in change. You can just take it and you don't have to give it back to me."
"How can that be done? I paid for my accommodation and gave me some change to spend. I will definitely pay it back to you." When Xiaozhuang saw what Gu Chen said, he quickly responded.
But Gu Chen smiled slightly and continued to explain: "If you really want to return a favor to me, then in the future of your life, if you meet people who need help, then use the money to help them."
"In this way, you can return a favor to me, so that's it."
After Gu Chen finished speaking, he turned around and left.
At that moment when the hotel door closed, Xiaozhuang seemed to still be living in a dream.
One second he was sleeping on a concrete slab in the corner of the cold parking lot, but the next second he was taken into a warm hotel by Gu Chen and received some change.
Xiaozhuang seemed to be still dreaming all this.
Gu Chen said goodbye to Xiaozhuang and took the elevator downstairs. After getting into his car, Gu Chen lowered his head and looked at his phone.
At this moment, it has been nearly 30 minutes since I was separated from everyone.
I thought it would take 50 minutes to drive back and walk to the Four Seasons Hotel.
It seems impolite to go over to keep an appointment after someone else has already eaten for 50 minutes.
Gu Chen himself didn't really like going to such social events. After thinking about it, Gu Chen directly picked up the phone and dialed Lu Weiwei's phone number.
"Hey, Junior Brother Gu, where are you? Are you almost there?" Lu Weiwei's tone on the phone was also very urgent.
And there was still laughter and laughter around her.
Gu Chen smiled slightly and said apologetically: "Senior Sister Lu, otherwise I won't go there tonight."
"No, why don't you come over?" Seeing that Gu Chen was not going to keep the appointment, Lu Weiwei looked quite disappointed.
Gu Chen quickly explained: "I helped Xiaozhuang find a place to live, and it took a long time. If I rush there now, it may take a long time."
"Besides, you have all been eating for a long time. If I go over, it will disturb everyone's interest. I just remembered that I still have a few documents in my hand that have not been completed, so I will go back to the branch first. This is a wine party.
, I won’t go there.”
"Junior brother Gu." After hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Lu Weiwei on the phone immediately said sweetly:
"You make me lose face like this. My best friends are just waiting for you to come over."
"The reason why they want to invite me, Lu Weiwei, to dinner is because they are not interested in drinking. They just want to meet you and get to know you."
"But it's good that you don't come over now. This will make me lose face."
Knowing that Gu Chen found it troublesome, Lu Weiwei still wanted to persist.
But Gu Chen still declined politely: "Next time, next time I invite everyone to dinner, please ask Senior Sister Lu to explain it to your sisters and say that I have something to do at the moment and I am very sorry."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Okay." Seeing that Gu Chen also had his own principles in doing things, he thought that this was the only way he could do things so far.
Thinking that Gu Chen didn't really like to participate in this kind of drinking party, he also echoed:
"Junior Brother Gu, after the cocktail party is over, we will take a taxi back. You don't need to worry about us. You can just go back and have a good rest. We will see you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
After a brief communication with Lu Weiwei, Gu Chen also hung up the phone, then started the vehicle and returned to Furong Branch.
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The next morning, the sun shone brightly.
After a night of heavy wind and rain, the air in the entire Jiangnan City has become much fresher.
The rising of the sun brings warmth back to the world.
At Seremban Branch, everyone finished breakfast and came to the criminal investigation team office.
After Gu Chen sorted out the documents in his deputy director's office, he also brought some other documents to the criminal investigation team's office to communicate with everyone.
Seeing Gu Chen come in from outside with documents in his hand, Ji Zhe also asked curiously:
"Senior Brother Gu, Senior Sister Lu and others had a dinner party yesterday, why didn't you go?"
"I'm temporarily delayed because of something." Gu Chen also smiled slightly and said casually.
"That's such a pity." Seeing this situation, Wu Xiaofeng couldn't help but interject:
"I heard from Senior Brother He that Senior Sister Lu's sisters are all as beautiful as angels. I feel like I have fallen into a fairy's nest, but Senior Brother He is the most beautiful."
"Really?" Seeing Wu Xiaofeng say this, Gu Chen also looked in the direction of He Junchao and asked quickly:
"So, Senior Brother He, is there anyone you can match?"
"Harmful!" When Gu Chen asked, He Junchao, who was sitting at the desk, also lay directly on the seat and said angrily:
"Originally, the atmosphere is quite good. I also feel that Lu Weiwei's sisters are really good. They have to have good looks, good education and good figure. They feel good everywhere."
"But Lu Weiwei has been praising you all night, completely ignoring me. I finally managed to get in a few words. Lu Weiwei, this girl, exposed my shortcomings in various ways, making me very embarrassed in front of her sisters.
It’s so shameless.”
Speaking of this, He Junchao had a look of complaint on his face.
"Really?" Seeing this, Gu Chen looked at Lu Weiwei and asked out of curiosity: "Senior Sister Lu, what have you done to Senior Brother again?"
"It's harmful! Can't you help it?" Seeing Gu Chen ask, Lu Weiwei quickly defended herself and said:
"You also know that my sisters and I talk about everything. I have basically talked to them about everyone in our office."
"So, although we haven't met each other very often, they know us very well."
Glancing in the direction of He Junchao, Lu Weiwei also clasped her hands and apologized to He Junchao:
"I'm sorry, He Junchao. Because I have a bad tongue, I often tell embarrassing things about you in front of my sisters. Therefore, they all know everything about you."
"The various pseudo-gentleman ways you behaved in front of them last night were useless. I was just afraid of embarrassing you."
After a pause, Lu Weiwei added: "Moreover, they are not interested in you at all. They are only interested in Junior Brother Gu. But Junior Brother Gu happened to run into that small village last night, which wasted time."
Shrugging, Lu Weiwei also took a deep breath and said:
"So I have no choice but to ignore you. Please forgive me."
"Okay." Seeing that Lu Weiwei was so "frank", He Junchao felt that if he didn't pretend to be more generous, it seemed unreasonable.
So he said with relief: "Actually, if you, Lu Weiwei, hadn't been rude and said that I was useless at your best friend's place, maybe I would have had a chance?"
"Pfft!" After hearing what He Junchao said, Lu Weiwei quickly waved her hands.
"What's wrong?" He Junchao also looked confused.
Lu Weiwei smiled and said: "He Junchao, you have no chance. I told you that they are only interested in people like Junior Brother Gu. They have high standards. You are really not their type."
"Pfft! Hahahaha!"
Hearing what Lu Weiwei said, there was another round of laughter in the entire office.
All the old and new police officers were smiling from ear to ear.
He Junchao also looked helpless and could only wave his hands and said: "Okay, I understand, this is all what you, Lu Weiwei, owe me."
"Even if I'm not their cup of tea, you can't keep telling embarrassing things about me to your sisters secretly. Isn't this too immoral?"
"Sorry! I'm really sorry." Lu Weiwei clasped her hands together, bowed to He Junchao a few times, and said:
"Most of the embarrassing things in the office happened to you, He Junchao, so I couldn't help it."
"Every time these sisters share interesting things about our daily work and life at night, and ask me, I will think of those embarrassing things about you, pfft, so... so I can't help but..."
"Okay, okay, can we not talk about this?" Seeing that Lu Weiwei's words were getting more and more outrageous, He Junchao became a little embarrassed.
After all, there are still some trainee police officers in the office who have just joined the job, and they feel that their authority is easily challenged.
Officer Wang took a sip of wolfberry tea and couldn't help but smile teasingly: "Lu Weiwei, sometimes I really have to say something to you. I can't always talk about He Junchao. You can talk about other things, such as..."
As if thinking of something, Officer Wang quickly added: "For example, that little village we met during the day yesterday? I feel that this guy is quite interesting, isn't he?"
"Eh? That's right." Comrade Lao Wang suddenly mentioned the matter of Xiaozhuang, and yesterday it was Gu Chen who was dealing with the matter of Xiaozhuang, so he delayed his meal time.
Lu Weiwei quickly asked Gu Chen: "Junior Brother Gu, you met Xiaozhuang yesterday. What happened?"
"Actually, it's nothing?" Gu Chen picked up his empty water cup, walked to the water dispenser, filled it with hot water, and said casually:
"Xiaozhuang was discovered by the boss Zhang Zhiqiang and found that he was not a staff member recruited by his team at all, so he was kicked out right when he was getting his lunch box."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "That's quite pitiful. So Xiaozhuang didn't even get his salary?" Officer Wang said.
"I didn't get yesterday's salary." Gu Chen smiled slightly and explained:
"Because he is not an employee of this team, this team has no employment relationship with him at all."
"The day before yesterday, Xiaozhuang did earn one day's daily wages due to his cleverness in fishing in troubled waters, but he was not so lucky yesterday."
"Although he also works on the field, most of the time, the impression given to Zhang Zhiqiang is that he is fishing."
"So, Zhang Zhiqiang must drive him out of the work area directly."
"Oops." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang said with some regret:
"This guy seems quite smart, how could he be reduced to such a state?"
After thinking about it, Officer Wang raised his head and asked Gu Chen again: "Gu Chen, how did you settle him last night? Doesn't he have a place to live?"
"No." Gu Chen shook his head and explained:
"He came from out of town, and he only had a few hundred yuan in daily wages in his pocket from fishing in troubled waters the day before yesterday."
"In addition, he also owes money to some platforms, probably tens of thousands of yuan."
"So he felt that since he was already so unlucky, he would have no regrets if he came to Jiangnan City to watch his idol Jay Chou's concert."
Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen also said slowly:
"So, he doesn't have any income now, so I gave him a standard hotel room for five days so that he could spend Jay's concert."
"Whether he can be a volunteer at the concert again and pay Jay Chou's concert for free depends on his own destiny."
"In addition, I gave him more than 100 change, hoping that he can find a job in Jiangnan City as soon as possible."
"Gu Chen, I found that you are a living Bodhisattva." Seeing what Gu Chen said, He Junchao also sighed and said:
"If you are so generous to Xiaozhuang, Xiaozhuang may not really thank you, or in other words, he may not be able to return the money to you."
"I don't need him to pay back." Hearing He Junchao's words, Gu Chen also smiled slightly and explained:
"He said he would return it to me in the future, but I asked him to help someone who needs help in the future, which can be regarded as a reward for my help."
"Look, look at Junior Brother Gu's situation." Seeing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei immediately took Gu Chen as an example and said:
"Junior Brother Gu, this guy can kill you, He Junchao, within a few blocks in an instant. Now you know how big the gap is between you and Junior Brother Gu, right?"
"You know now why my sisters are only willing to see Gu Chen and not look forward to seeing you, right?"
With a faint sigh, Lu Weiwei also said jokingly: "Sometimes, the gap between people is so easy to judge."
"Okay, don't always look after your junior brother." He Junchao was obviously a little unconvinced. He crossed his arms and said jokingly:
"I admit that Gu Chen is excellent, but I'm not bad either. It's you, Lu Weiwei, who always publicizes my embarrassing stories all over the world."
"It can be said that my image in the eyes of outsiders all depends on your propaganda, Lu Weiwei."
Speaking of this, He Junchao also said with a bitter look on his face: "I only ask you, Lu Weiwei, to be gentle and talkative, and to take care of your mouth."
"Most of my image was ruined by your mouth, Lu Weiwei."
Shaking his head, He Junchao also looked helpless: "So, Lu Weiwei, you know what to do."
"Okay." Seeing that He Junchao was already in such a miserable condition, it seemed unreasonable for me not to express my comfort to him.
So Lu Weiwei responded quickly and said: "He Junchao, from now on I promise not to publicize your embarrassing things outside. I will only give you positive publicity, even if you say black things are white..."
"Hey, hey, this is too much, Lu Weiwei, are you praising me? Or are you destroying me? Seek truth from facts." He Junchao felt that he was also defeated by Lu Weiwei, and his lungs were almost exploding with anger.
"Oh, seek truth from facts." Lu Weiwei echoed, muttering to herself in a low voice:
"But to be honest, aren't you, He Junchao, full of dirty information?"
Everyone just glanced at each other and quickly started the day's work.
At this moment, Gu Chen also received an email on his computer.
Gu Chen opened the email and took a look. It was the city bureau's final implementation plan for the concert security work.
In the picture, it is Jiangnan Olympic Stadium.
In various areas of the stadium, there are responsible units marked with relevant security.
As for the Furong branch where I am located, there are two security areas in charge, one is the first ten rows of the infield, and the other is near the E exit of the outfield.
Gu Chen also reminded: "The division of security areas has been announced. You can check the email for the final arrangements."
"Just looking at it." While Lu Weiwei clicked on the email, she couldn't help but said jokingly:
"However, we have a great location in the first ten rows of the infield, but we also have an area at the E exit of the stadium."
"If they are assigned to Exit E, it means these people will not be able to watch the concert. How regretful would that be?"
"There's nothing we can do about it." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Officer Wang couldn't help but remind her:
"Don't forget, this security task for the first ten rows of the infield was also applied for by Bureau Zhao during a meeting in the city."
"But after all, there are only those security areas in the infield, and there are only so many police resources needed."
"If I give you an excellent location, I will definitely give you an area with a bad location."
"This way we can get even rain and dew. I think it's pretty good and there's nothing wrong with it."
"Yes." As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, Yuan Shasha in the back row couldn't help but complain:
"If our Zhao Bureau hadn't held a meeting to apply for this, maybe all our security work this time would have been arranged in the outfield."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "But in this way, at least we have added an excellent viewing position in the infield, which can be considered a big improvement."
"Well, everyone, please stop arguing." Seeing that everyone was complaining about each other, Gu Chen quickly interrupted:
"This arrangement from above is enough to give our Furong branch some face."
After finishing his words, Gu Chen also pointed to the computer screen and said: "I have seen the security area division map of the concert site. The infield location of our Furong branch is currently the best."
"So, don't complain too much. When the time comes, we will separate some police officers who don't want to go to the concert and stay in the outer Exit E area."
"Gu Chen, I guess no one wants to go to Exit E for duty. Think about it, Jay, he comes to our Jiangnan City for a concert, who doesn't want to go and hear it live?"
"But the number of places is limited. Whoever is allowed to go on duty at Exit E outside will offend people." Officer Wang said.
Seeing that Officer Wang had been talking for a long time but could not find a solution, Yuan Shasha quickly asked: "Then how should we arrange it?"
"Let's draw lots." Gu Chen looked up at everyone and suggested:
"Since the number of places is limited, we will draw lots to decide who will go to Exit E."
"Whether you win or not depends on luck, so there won't be much controversy."
"Good idea." Seeing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei nodded in agreement:
"Okay then, we will draw lots to decide who will go to the exit of Zone E."
As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Gu Chen raised his hand first and said: "I will take the initiative to go to the exit of area E. This can reduce the occupation of one infield spot."
"Junior Brother Gu." Lu Weiwei felt quite disappointed when she saw that Gu Chen was about to go to Exit E for duty as soon as he opened his mouth.
I originally thought that I could go to Jay Chou's concert with Gu Chen and be in the first ten rows. Is this any different from the VIP seats?
The only difference may be that the audience can sit down, but everyone can only stand around.
But now, Gu Chen takes the initiative to go to Exit E. As a result, Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen's plan to go to Jay Chou's concert together will come to nothing.
So Lu Weiwei had disappointment written all over her face.
But Gu Chen smiled and said: "Sister Lu, as a leading cadre, you should lead by example. Everyone has been looking forward to going to the infield to watch the concert for a long time. We should not enjoy this just because we are leading cadres.
privilege."
With a sigh, Gu Chen also said decisively: "So, I decided to go to Exit E. I wonder if anyone else is willing to go with me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the office instantly became quiet.
Everyone looks at me and I look at you, and they seem to be extremely conflicted in their hearts.
