Our greatest sorrow is walking on the road in confusion, unable to see the hope ahead; our worst habit is to be content with the current life and not knowing the direction of tomorrow. Our failure sometimes has nothing to do with quality, but in
Lack of resilience in difficult situations, persistence has become our biggest shortcoming. Successful people are not all outstanding, but they believe that as long as they endure and persevere, success will sooner or later reveal the truth.
After everyone reported the preliminary investigation results and discussed with each other, they got off work.
Xu Lang returned to his residence alone. Before going home, he habitually went to a nearby supermarket to buy some vegetables for dinner.
When he returned home, Xu Lang took out the key and inserted it into the keyhole. He turned it slightly and the door opened. Xu Lang was slightly stunned for a moment, but he pushed the door open and entered the house without thinking too much.
When changing shoes at the door, Xu Lang discovered that the shoes Xiao Yueyue wore when she went to school in the morning were on the shoe cabinet, which meant that Xiao Yueyue was back.
After changing his shoes, Xu Lang carried the vegetables and returned to the living room. He didn't see Xiao Yueyue, so Xu Lang subconsciously looked at the door of Xiao Yueyue's bedroom and found that the door was closed. She should be staying in her own room.
, Xu Lang smiled and put the vegetables into the kitchen.
First, he went to the bathroom to wash up briefly, and then Xu Lang came to Xiao Yueyue's bedroom door.
"Dong dong dong..."
Still the same, Xu Lang knocked on the door habitually.
This is Xu Lang's habit. No matter who enters a room, Xu Lang will knock on the door. This is a basic courtesy. Xiao Yueyue also follows Xu Lang's example. Seeing that Xiao Yueyue is still young, but
, Xu Lang respected her very much when she was very young. In addition to Xiao Yueyue being a girl, Xu Lang still told Xiao Yueyue through actions to be a polite child, rather than preaching through words.
Leading by example is more direct and impactful.
"Click."
The door opened, revealing a gap, and Xiao Yueyue's head poked out, looking at Xu Lang.
"You're back."
Xu Lang nodded and asked: "What would you like to eat tonight? I bought fish. How about making braised fish for you?"
But Xiao Yueyue shook her head and said: "No, I've already eaten. By the way, don't cook anymore. I brought you dinner. You can just heat it up on the dining table."
Hearing this, Xu Lang was stunned for a moment. Then, he subconsciously turned his head and looked at the dining table. He found that there was indeed a bag on the dining table with two boxes in it. He just went to the kitchen and didn't notice it.
.
"Aunt Ye did it again?" Xu Lang turned around and looked at Xiao Yueyue and asked.
"yes."
Xu Lang fell silent and frowned subconsciously.
"Is there anything else? If nothing happens, I have to do my homework." Xiao Yueyue said impatiently.
Xu Lang shook his head, looked at Xiao Yueyue, and said, "It's okay, but you should be busy."
Xiao Yueyue said nothing more, retracted her head and closed the door.
Xu Lang was not surprised by Xiao Yueyue's performance. He turned around and went to the restaurant, sat at the dining table, opened the bag, and opened two boxes, one of rice and one of twice-cooked pork, which looked very good.
Looking at his favorite dish in front of him, Xu Lang felt very warm and a little uncomfortable.
Xu Lang likes to eat twice-cooked pork, and many people know about it, but not many people care about it.
In the past, when I was a child, my sister and grandma would always make this dish for themselves every now and then. At that time, when I lived in the countryside, the twice-cooked pork I ate was not fresh pork, but the kind of marinated bacon. It tasted salty.
It's very chewy and Xu Lang's favorite. At that time, this dish was the best dish of her sister Xu Chan. At that time, Xu Lang was still young. Every time she ate this dish, she would say, "Sister."
, the food you cook is so delicious, I want to eat it forever.'
Whenever this happens, Xu Chan will smile, rub Xu Lang's head, and say softly: "As long as you want to eat, my sister will cook for you for the rest of your life."
"But you will get married in the future."
"Then do you want your sister to get married?"
While Xu Lang was eating twice-cooked pork, he shook his head and said, "I don't want to."
"Since you don't want to, then my sister won't get married."
Whenever he hears Xu Chan say this, Xu Lang will be particularly happy, and grandma will always say kindly at this time: "Two silly children, what are you talking about?"
At this time, Xu Lang and Xu Chan looked at each other and smiled without saying a word.
That period of time was when Xu Lang was happiest, and at that time, there would always be a few peers eating with him, and sitting next to him was the dark and skinny little girl Jianzi.
However, later on, as Xu Lang grew up and spent more and more time in school, he ate less and less, and he no longer said such childish words.
Later, Xu Chan was killed, and his grandmother also died of illness. No one made twice-cooked pork for him anymore. Although, Xu Lang later ate various kinds of twice-cooked pork in restaurants in the city, but the familiar
The feeling, the familiar taste, has become a permanent memory.
Looking at the twice-cooked pork in front of him, Xu Lang remembered a little thing.
After the death of his sister and grandmother, Xu Lang had eaten twice-cooked pork several times, and the person who cooked it was Ye Du. The familiar taste and familiar recipe made Xu Lang burst into tears every time he ate it.
Thinking of his sister and grandma, Ye Du would burst into tears every time.
Later, Xu Lang returned to live in S city, was admitted to the police academy, became a policeman, and came together with Shu Yue.
Shu Yue can also cook, and she also knows that Xu Lang likes to eat twice-cooked pork, but she can never make it taste the way Xu Lang wants. However, Xu Lang still eats it happily.
And just a few years ago, Shu Yue also left. He was used to Shu Yue's cooking and could no longer eat the familiar dishes.
Xu Lang's thoughts were very confused. He stood up, picked up the cold food, went to the kitchen, and put it in the microwave. While waiting, Xu Lang thought of Ye Du.
If our sister Xu Chan accompanied Xu Lang through his childhood, then Shu Yue accompanied Xu Lang through the most difficult days. As for Ye Du, she was very much like these two people in many cases.
Behind Xu Lang, the woman who silently protects him is a person with a very low sense of existence.
Ye Du is like a sister and a lover, always there when he needs her.
If Xu Lang had not met Shu Yue after returning to S City, then he and Ye Du would probably have gotten together. However, if nothing had happened, would Ye Du still be the same Ye Du he once was?
Xu Lang had no answer in his heart.
"Exhortation."
The sound of the microwave stalling brought Xu Lang back to reality from his meditation. He turned on the microwave, took out the heated food, came to the restaurant, and started eating.
Although it had undergone secondary processing, when Xu Lang ate the first chopstick, he still tasted a familiar taste, which was the taste of home and family affection.
Xu Lang's eyes were slightly astringent, and he suddenly wanted to cry.
Sometimes, some feelings and emotions always come inexplicably, and they come so unexpectedly, such as Xu Lang at this moment.
"Click."
While Xu Lang was eating, the door of Xiao Yueyue's bedroom opened, and a little head poked out. She looked through the crack in the door at Xu Lang, who was sitting in the dining room, eating with red eyes. Xiao Yueyue's eyes moved slightly, but there was no
say what.
After watching for a while, Xiao Yueyue retracted her head and closed the door again.
After closing the door, Xiao Yueyue came to the bed, took out a mobile phone from under the pillow, edited a text message and sent it out.
"He ate the food you cooked and cried."
After sending the text message, Xiao Yueyue put the phone under the pillow again.
Turning her head and looking towards the door, Xiao Yueyue thought for a while, took out her phone, picked up the pillow, opened the zipper, put it inside the pillow, and then zipped the pillow up. After doing all this, she suddenly felt satisfied.
, came to the desk and continued reading.
What Xiao Yueyue was reading was not a primary school textbook, but a diagram of the human body structure. Next to the diagram, there were some notes, which wrote about the fragile parts of the human body.
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After eating, Xu Lang silently cleaned up the mess, then raised his head and looked at the clock on the wall. It was already past ten o'clock in the evening, so Xu Lang came to the door of Xiao Yueyue's bedroom again.
"Dong dong dong."
"It's getting late, I have to go to school tomorrow, so go to bed early."
"Okay, I understand. Let's go to bed now." Xiao Yueyue's voice came from the room.
"Have you taken a shower?"
"Wash it."
"Then go to bed early."
"I know, it's so verbose."
Hearing Xiao Yueyue's impatient voice, Xu Lang couldn't help but smile bitterly. At this young age, he began to dislike himself for being verbose. When she gets a little older, wouldn't she dislike him even more?
Thinking of this, Xu Lang felt old for no reason.
Is Xu Lang old? In fact, he is not old. He is only thirty-two years old now and has just entered the youth industry. However, he still feels that he is old, not physically, but mentally.
Without staying too long at the door, Xu Lang went to the bathroom and started to wash up.
After washing up, Xu Lang came to the door of Xiao Yueyue's bedroom again and knocked on the door. He found that there was no movement inside, so Xu Lang opened the door and found that Xiao Yueyue had fallen asleep on the bed.
Xu Lang looked around and found that the room was neatly tidied. Xu Lang smiled knowingly and did not enter the room. Instead, he closed the door and left for the room that was always locked.
When Xu Lang pushed the door open, Xiao Yueyue closed her eyes tightly. After the sound of closing the door, she immediately opened her eyes, sat up from the bed, and then took out her mobile phone from the pillow and started to fiddle with it.
Cell phone, while looking at the door warily, like a child stealing food.
"Do you understand the book I gave you?"
“I understand some parts, but I still don’t understand some parts.”
"Then read what you understand first. If you don't understand, come over tomorrow and I will explain it to you."
"good."
"Has he seen that book?"
"No."
"That's good."
"Why can't he see it?"
"Although he loves you very much, trusts you very much, and respects you very much, but after all, you are still young and not suitable for reading this kind of book. If he knew about it, he would definitely not let you read it."
"If that's the case, then why do you want me to see this?"
"Although he looks very strong, he is also very fragile. Didn't you tell me that you want to protect him? If you can't do anything, how should you protect him?"
"That's right."
"I want to hear about my mother."
"What else do you want to know?"
"What can you tell me?"
"That depends on what you want to know."
Seeing this message, Xiao Yueyue did not reply immediately. Instead, she thought for a while and then slowly typed out a line of text.
"I want to know how my mother died."
"You really want to know."
"Um,"
"Okay then, your mother..."
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It was a dark room, and the room looked a little messy.
The three walls of the room were covered with photos, and the blackboards hanging on the walls were filled with names: Lu Ye, Deng Feizhang, Bu Zimo, Li Lei, Ye Zhenhai, Li Zhaojing, Zhang Minhao...
Next to each person's name, there is their photo, and next to their name, there are many names. These people's names are inextricably related to these people. Each of them is like a spider.
Generally, a spider web is woven around them. Some people exist alone, and some people intersect with each other.
Among the many photos and names, the one in the middle is Sun Wenyao's name and photo. He has the most red lines surrounding him and the most contacts.
Xu Lang stood in front of this tangled photo wall. He looked at Sun Wenyao's photos for a long time. Finally, he took out three photos from his pocket.
The top one was a photo of Caring. Xu Lang fixed the photo on the wall and wrote the name of Caring next to the photo. Then, he took out the second photo and fixed it on the wall. It was Jiang Lin'er's.
photo.
After fixing the two photos, Xu Lang took out the third photo. Different from the previous two, this was a photo of a woman. When Xu Lang saw the person in the photo, his eyes were very
It's complicated, so I'm hesitant to post it.
Finally, after Xu Lang struggled for a long time, he fixed the photo on the wall, next to Sun Wenyao. Next to the photo, Xu Lang wrote a name, Ye Du.
After doing all this, Xu Lang took a few steps back and came to the bookshelf. He looked at the wall covered with photos in front of him and was lost in thought.
Xu Lang at this time was different from him at any time. He was wise, silent, cold and emotionless.
His eyes scanned every photo on the wall and saw many familiar names. Of course, most of them were unfamiliar names. Among them, some of these people had never been seen by Xu Lang before, or they were
I have only met them once, but these people are all related to cases, and these cases are inextricably related to the organization 'Master Chang'.
As for how Xu Lang obtained these photos, God knows.
Since Xu Lang was admitted to the police academy, he has renovated this house. This room is his forbidden area. No one except himself has come in.
No, someone has come in. Seven years ago, after that incident, Ning Yanran and the others came in and took away most of the information here. But after seven years, this empty room has changed again.
It has to be crowded.
In fact, there was a similar room during the years when Xu Lang settled in Zhuxi County. Now, many things in this room were brought back from Zhuxi County, but there are not as many things as now.
However, in almost a year, Xu Lang added a lot of things, including many names and photos.
What does Xu Lang want to do with such a room?
No one knows, I'm afraid only he knows this.
The room was very dark, and Xu Lang's figure appeared blurry in the room. Because his back was to the light source, the expression on his face could not be clearly seen. At this time, he was like those who were serious during the day and began to take off their disguises after get off work. , in a place with feasting, light and shadow, like a person taking off some disguise.
Whenever Xu Lang couldn't figure something out, he would come to this room, lock himself in the room, and think about the problem alone.
On the wall behind Xu Lang, there was a piece of calligraphy hanging. The calligraphy was neatly written, not like a calligrapher, but it gave people a very reassuring feeling.
Meditate.
The calligraphy was written by Xu Lang himself. It can be seen from the traces on the paper that he wrote this calligraphy a long time ago.
Meditate? Are you reminding yourself to meditate? Or are you reminding others to meditate? No one knows, and no one has seen this wording.
Under that picture is a bookshelf. The bookshelf is filled with many books, and these books are all related to crime. The books are arranged very neatly, but it gives people a strange feeling, because every book
There are many notes inside the books. As for what is written on the notes, no one knows.
In addition to these crime-related books, there are also many file bags containing many files, and these files are all cases that Xu Lang has handled over the years. Of course, there are also some other case files, and these
The files are all related to 'Master Chang'.
As for these files that should be in the archives of the public security system, why they appear here, God knows.
Xu Lang stood there and stared at the photo wall for a long time. Finally, he took a step forward and came to the photo wall. He looked at the photo of Sun Wenyao and frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.
Late at night, Xu Lang exited the room, locked the room again, and then left.
After turning off the lights, the originally dark room suddenly became pitch black. Only a place on the bookshelf, which was blocked by many books, emitted a faint red light. It was unknown what was placed inside.
Xu Lang came to the door of Xiao Yueyue's bedroom, opened the door, looked at Xiao Yueyue again, and found that one of Xiao Yueyue's feet was exposed. He shook his head, walked into the room, and covered Xiao Yueyue with a quilt.
, after doing all this, he slowly exited the room and returned to his own room to sleep.