next year is a wolf

When Zhou Ci woke up, Jiang Heng was sleeping with his chin propped up by the window.

As soon as spring came, he was very sleepy, the little smoked wind blew slowly, a few swallows whispered under the eaves, Zhou Ci's house planted several cherry trees, each tree was pink and white, and the air was full of green Astringent light fragrance.

Jiang Heng opened his eyes and dozed off, and found that Zhou Ci was looking at him with folded eyelids. He thought it was dazzled, so he rubbed his eyes.

And Zhou Ci continued to stare at him silently, his eyes were in a trance, and a tear slowly slipped from the corner of his eye.

Jiang Heng lost all his words for a while, took a few breaths, and felt that he still couldn't calm down, so he called out with red eyes, "Zhou Ci."

There is a neat row of glass jars on the window sill behind him, and inside the jars are little stars that he folded with his own hands.

One a day, all the years he accompanied Zhou Ci were sealed in this transparent container.

lonely, silent.

Zhou Ci moved his fingers tentatively, looked sideways at Jiang Heng, and smiled stiffly.

At that moment, Jiang Heng couldn't hold back his tears. He had never cried so loudly in the past year or so.

He slowly squatted down in front of the bed, put his glasses in his pocket, and wiped his eyes vigorously with the back of his hand, but tears flowed down in disobedience.

Lying on the bed, Zhou Ci wanted to raise his hand to wipe his tears, but he couldn't use any strength.

Jiang Heng took his hand and covered his eyes.

His shoulders twitched from crying, and his whole body was shaking.

Now he can finally say, it's so tiring, but luckily it's worth it.

The corner of Zhou Ci's mouth twitched, wanting to speak but unable to utter a word.

His eyes were dark and deep, staring at Jiang Heng motionlessly.

Jiang Heng thought of the "Neruda Poetry Collection" that he had flipped through while he was in a coma, and there was a line that said this.

"You are like the night, with silence and stars."

When Lu Jue came, Zhou Ci could already speak.

Lu Jue knocked on the door, entered the room and saw Jiang Heng feeding Zhou Ci.

The man in his thirties was as thin as a bone, with short inches sticking to his scalp, and only a pair of deep and big eyes remained on his face.

Seeing someone approaching, Jiang Heng and Zhou Ci turned their gazes to the door at the same time.

"Hi." Lu Jue smiled, "Zhou Ci, do you still remember brother?"

Zhou Ci regained some energy, nodded, and said hoarsely, "No amnesia."

"He just can't move very easily now, and he needs to go through a few rounds of rehabilitation." Jiang Heng said, "I can remember things from a long time ago. But I can't remember what I ate yesterday."

Lu Jue nodded, sat down on the sofa, exchanged eyes with Jiang Heng and asked, "Have you asked him about that?"

Jiang Heng shook his head and said, "I didn't ask."

So Lu Jue coughed before opening his mouth, "Zhou Ci, do you still remember who the murderer who hit you was?"

Zhou Ci lowered his eyes and nodded, "I remember."

"who is it?"

The two looked at Zhou Ci expectantly, and Lu Jue already had an answer in his heart. While watching him open his mouth, the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

"Lian Heng."

Zhou Ci remembered clearly that the face he saw before he lost consciousness was Lian Heng.

His most respected teacher.

Teacher Lian Heng who taught him that the spirit of a gentleman is not as great as it is.

No matter how he thought about this person, he would never doubt him, but at that moment, Lian Heng turned into a ferocious devil and pushed him to hell without hesitation.

"I drove back that day." Zhou Ci coughed and said, "It was to get the phone recording, which can prove that Lian Heng is the inside line of the police station."

"We have been observing Lian Heng recently, and found that most of his property is in country L." Lu Jue frowned, "His daughter and ex-wife are also in country L now."

But Lian Heng didn't seem to be aware of their monitoring of him, and Lu Jue's name was impressively written on the birthday party invitation list in a few days.

Early in the morning, at the gate of the community.

Lian Heng carried the fish he just bought from the vegetable market, humming a song and walked leisurely to his house.

Aunt Zhang, the neighbor of the morning exercise, greeted him and said, "Old Lian, you just came back from the vegetable market?"

"That's right." Lian Heng raised the fish in his hand and said, "The dishes this morning are very fresh, and the fish is still alive and kicking. I plan to make braised fish for lunch."

"By the way, have you seen my house in the community?" Aunt Zhang said, "I lost it for several days, and I didn't see where it was hidden. Didn't it always come to your house before?"

"I didn't see it." Lian Heng frowned, "Spring is here, and it's time for the cat to get rid of it. If you lose it, you won't be able to come back. You should look for it quickly."

Aunt Zhang sighed, "This cat girl has been raised for several years, and she has developed a relationship, but it suddenly disappeared, and my heart is empty."

"It shouldn't be too far away." Lian Heng said, "The kitten is so cute. It was rubbing against my feet a few days ago. It looks so cute. Anyone who sees it will feed it. Don't worry. ha."

"Yeah, okay, Lao Lian, please help me pay attention. I'll go to the property and ask someone to write a notice for me." Aunt Zhang walked forward while shaking her arms.

Mei Short of her family is more than two years old, and usually likes to bask in the sun on the grass, and then ask for some food at various houses.Aunt Zhang called it a stinky beggar, but she never changed it.The little thing is chubby, relying on his cuteness, he paces and plays in the community every day, not afraid of people at all.

Lian Heng clicked his tongue, went upstairs and opened the door, threw the fish into the refrigerator, and pulled out the cat that had been dead for several days from the freezer with no expression on his face.

He put on sterilized white gloves, watched the specimen making video on his mobile phone, and turned on the play button, a female voice with a broadcast accent came out.

"Prepare a pot, boil the water, and throw the sample into the pot."

The water in the pot was bubbling and bubbling, Lian Heng held the frozen corpse and threw it into the pot with a plop.There was a splash.

After a while, the air was filled with a strange fragrance.

The smell of meat is so strong that people can't help but feel nauseous enough to spit it out after smelling it too much.

"Then remove the carrion, wash off the dirt with hydrogen peroxide, and bleach. Take out the bone sample."

Lian Heng frowned, scraped off the cooked meat bit by bit with a sharp knife, his smile deepened with each scrape, and finally cleaned it up.

Then he threw the skeleton into the mealworms, and the fat mealworms scrambled over, wrapping it densely.

The white skeletons are quickly consumed by them.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door.

It was Aunt Zhang's loud voice, "Lao Lian, I have too many dumplings in my house. Come over and get a bowl later."

"No, I'm cooking."

"Hey, what are you doing? It smells so good." Aunt Zhang asked.

"It's making fish." Lian Heng smiled, "It's delicious."

"Okay, I'll ask old man Li over there if he wants to eat."

"Go slowly, I can't get rid of it, so I won't see you off." After Lian Heng finished speaking, he took out the skeleton, curled his fingers, and flicked the bug away.

"Finally, degrease and rinse."

After being soaked in hydrogen peroxide, the white bones exude luster like white jade, like an exquisite work of art.

"Tsk, fuck off, you are so beautiful." Lian Heng took off his gloves, took out his phone and took a photo.

He wrote the number 010 on the joint with a marker, then left it to dry on the back of the bookshelf, glued it together after air drying, and it was done.

The entire row on the back of his bookshelf is full of this white stuffed animal.

The specimens were in various poses without repetition, the slightly larger skeleton being a dog, and the smallest being a frog.

Lian Heng looked at each of his masterpieces with satisfaction, and inadvertently raised the corners of his lips and smiled.

The phone rang suddenly, Lian Heng glanced at the landline and picked it up.

"Dad, have you booked a hotel for your birthday?"

"It's booked, have you bought your ticket yet?"

"I bought it half a month in advance, you wait for me, I will bring my boyfriend back to see you." Lian Jian said with a smile, "It's the first time we meet, don't be too serious, he is shy."

"how old is he?"

"One year younger than me." Lian Jian replied.

"If you want me to say, it's still an old man who knows how to hurt others. It's great that you and Lu Jue are together." Lian Heng said.

"Hey, I feel a little scared when I look at Lu Jue. You can't be sympathetic in love. He doesn't seem to mean that to me at all. Dad, I also have a boyfriend now, so don't mess with me. ah."

"As long as you are happy, he will come on my birthday."

"Okay, there's still something to do here, I'll hang up first."

After hanging up the phone, Lian Heng stood in the living room, staring at the semi-new police uniform for a long time.

Lu Tian and Shi Haowei arrived at the Shenzhou Hotel ahead of time, looked down at the time, and the old dog would arrive in about half an hour.

This person acted cautiously, and he would follow him every time he brought goods. When encountering larger orders, he took them out by himself. Because he was more careful, he basically did not encounter any accidents.

Shi Haowei was not a formal technician before, he had been with the old dog for two years, and in the third year the original technician betrayed the old dog and was arrested together with Qiangzi, and he succeeded in taking the position.

Shi Haowei understood his character very well, and told Lu Tian, ​​"This old dog is very suspicious, please pay attention later."

Lu Tian didn't speak, just sat on the sofa and took a sip of tea.

The criminal policeman who came with him pretended to be a waiter and stood at the door anxiously counting the time.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the two immediately cheered up and glanced towards the corridor.

The person who came was wearing a dark coat and looked very young.

Shi Haowei frowned and said, "It's not an old dog."

The man smiled when he saw Shi Haowei, and greeted him, "How long have you been waiting?"

Shi Haowei shook his head, "Not long." He pointed to Lu Tiandao who was sitting on the sofa, "This is Brother Chen I told you about. Brother Chen is Brother Zhou."

Lu Tian didn't look up at him, but looked down at his palm as a response.

"Why didn't brother Gou come?" Shi Haowei asked.

"Brother Dog said, it's the same if you let me come." Zhou Shaolin glanced at Lu Tian, ​​stretched out his right hand to him and said, "Hello, Brother Chen."

Lu Tian ignored him, which made him a little bit embarrassed.

Shi Haowei said in the round field next to him: "Brother Chen has such a personality."

Zhou Shaolin sat down feeling bored, and waved his hands to show that he didn't care too much, "I've done a lot in this business, and I've seen a few gentlemen, Brother Chen is pretty good."

Shi Haowei nodded and handed Zhou Shaolin a cigarette.

Zhou Shaolin took the cigarette, held it in his mouth, and asked him, "Hey, how old is Brother Chen?"

Without raising his head, Lu Tian replied, "24."

"That's quite young." Zhou Shaolin put the cigarette on the table, took out a mint box from his pocket, pushed the lid on with his thumb, and poured the white powder inside on the table, "This stuff If you smoke too much, you will lose the taste if you smoke again.”

Zhou Shaolin pushed the white powder in front of Lu Tian with a cigarette butt, gestured and said, "Please."

Seeing the situation, Shi Haowei immediately said: "Brother Chen, don't smoke this."

Lu Tian lowered his head and said nothing.

"Brother Chen, are you disrespecting me?" Zhou Shaolin's face changed drastically, and he changed from his previous amiability, frowning, "You don't treat me as a brother, do you? Look down on people?"

Lu Tian lowered his eyes and glanced at him, but didn't speak.

Zhou Shaolin threw the cigarette on the table and said, "Then this business can't be done today."

The author has something to say: Every day begins.

Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to give up.