At sunset, the mountains are far away

Shen Junran is one year older than Tao Yan, and is Tao Yan's direct senior. Both of them are studying for a master's degree in a foreign language school in Beijing.On Halloween in Tao Yan's freshman year, the club held a mask party for the sake of excitement.Tao Yan selected carefully, and finally chose a mask that suits his wishes and is more distinctive.Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped into the venue of the party, he was a little dizzy by the scenes of people wearing masks and couldn't tell who was who. When he stood awkwardly by the side and looked around blankly, he came across a mask that was exactly the same as himself.The owner of this mask obviously also noticed that he was hit in the face. After a moment of stunned, he walked straight towards Tao Yan. Tao Yan felt a little nervous and clenched his hands tightly.The owner of the mask stood still in front of Tao Yan, as if to observe whether the two masks were really the same, or there would be subtle differences.With their masked faces, they could only see each other's dark eyes that blinked from time to time.

Shen Junran took off the mask, and Tao Yan's exquisite face appeared in front of him.A slightly heroic face, but not lacking in girlish beauty, said; "I thought my taste in choosing masks was unique enough, but I didn't expect to hit my face." After speaking, he showed a big and clean smile.Hearing the sound, Tao Yan also reached out and took off his mask, exposing his delicate and soft face.The two glanced at Wannian in the crowded venue with the bustling and noisy environment of the party.

Shen Junran later described to Tao Yan how he felt when the two first met.

"Tonight, what evening, to see this beloved." It was the best concentration of all Shen Junran's feelings at that time.

Xia Chengqi was an intern at a local newspaper in Xining, Qinghai, where he specialized in writing articles for social issues.The internship has been almost three months, and Xia Chengqi's work is basically on the right track, unlike when he first came here, he was confused and unfamiliar with all the work processes.Colleagues around are very busy, always busy making phone calls and running the news, not quite like the office style of the company Xia Chengqi once practiced in his junior year.Maybe it's because one is responsible for reporting on social issues, and the other is for the English version of international news.

The deputy editor-in-chief walked out of the office at this moment and looked at the few colleagues in the office, because most of them were out for news.

"Xia Chengqi, come out with me." Su Qingmo shouted looking at Xia Chengqi who was working at his desk with his head bowed.Xia Chengqi stopped what he was doing, took all the things he needed, got up and followed.This wasn't the first time she followed her seniors to go out on the news, but it was the first time she followed the deputy editor-in-chief Su Qingmo.Su Qingmo was wearing a black double-breasted suit and dark jeans, which made her look capable and mature.

Xia Chengqi lowered his head and glanced at his watch. It was [-]:[-] in the morning, so he took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Tao Yan: Yanyan, I'm going out for news now, let's make a video next time, shall we?Tao Yan and Xia Chengqi usually set their video time at ten o'clock in the morning. At that time, most of the colleagues in the office are away, and Tao Yan is also nesting in his apartment in California after a day of training.The two of them turned on the video camera and chatted a few words from time to time, but most of the time they kept silent because Xia Chengqi really didn't know how to chat.

After Su Qingmo got into the elevator, she briefly introduced the main content of today's case and where she was going.The case was very simple. A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who was addicted to stealing attempted to steal, and in the process of entanglement and fighting with the victim, he missed and wounded others, causing the victim to be stabbed several times, and he lost blood and died after rescue failed.Originally, the case was unremarkable, without any reportable value, but what was special about it was that the habitual thief in the eyes of the police was actually a good brother in the eyes of a five-year-old boy.The older brother would buy himself snacks, buy toys, and even tell himself stories at night, promising to send the little boy to school if he earned any money.More importantly, this little boy has no blood relationship with the teenager, but they are just the sympathy of the fallen people in the vast world and the world.Both are orphans without parental discipline, except that the five-year-old was trafficked, while the former was abandoned.

The place where the two are going is the local police station.Su Qingmo seemed to be familiar with the police station, and soon had a heated chat with the policeman handling the case. After the two exchanged pleasantries, they cut to the main topic, which mainly involved the specific circumstances of the incident and the identity information of the perpetrator. .Xia Chengqi listened attentively to the side, taking a pen from time to time to memorize the key information in it for later writing.Seeing that the two seemed to have finished their formal conversation, Xia Chengqi interjected, "Then where is that child now?"

The policeman obviously paused, his attention was all on Su Qingmo just now, and he almost didn't notice that Xia Chengqi, who was not strong in presence, sat silently by the side, "When we arrested the suspect, it was in the suspect's In the rental house, that kid is also there, seeing us handcuffing his brother, he wants to follow, why not just sit outside now, ignoring anyone who speaks." After finishing speaking, he piled up his face full of fawning With a smile, he started making jokes with Su Qingmo.

Xia Chengqi came outside, and sure enough, he saw a five or six-year-old boy sitting on a bare chair. He couldn't help but wonder why he didn't notice his existence when he entered the gate of the police station just now.The little boy was wearing some shabby and wrinkled clothes, looking down at the ground.The skin on the face is dry and red. At first glance, it looks like a child who grew up in the local plateau mountainous area of ​​Qinghai. The altitude is high here, the weather is dry, and the skin is prone to plateau red.Xia Chengqi walked slowly towards the little boy and sat down on the chair beside him.Xia Chengqi discovered that what the little boy was looking down at was not the ground, but a pair of brand new sneakers on her feet. She seemed to understand something instantly.

Xia Chengqi put on a smile on his face, "Your pair of shoes are so beautiful, brother bought it for you, right?" He also stretched out the shoes on his feet to compare with those of the little boy, "Look, sister Compared with yours, your shoes look so ugly, just like a grandmother's shoes."

The little boy laughed after hearing Xia Chengqi's words, and looked up at Xia Chengqi's eyes as clear as lake water.The little boy suddenly lowered his waist, and stretched out his little hand to wipe a little dirt on the edge of the upper.Xia Chengqi took out the wet wipes in the bag, and carefully wiped the little boy's dirty hands. She found that the little boy's nails were very clean, not long, and there was no dirt in the nail caps.He suddenly became curious about the young man who was waiting to be tried at the moment, a person who would regularly trim his little brother's nails, she thought that he would definitely not be some heinous person, as expected, things in the world are not black and white.

The little boy raised his head suddenly, with a sincere and somewhat cautious face, "Sister, will the police uncle let my brother out? My brother is not a bad person." The firm gaze and worried expression should not be the expressions that a five-year-old child should have.

"Of course I will. But now my brother made a big mistake, so the police uncle will punish him, just like if you are disobedient, brother will definitely punish you, right?" Xia Chengqi stretched out his hand to touch the little girl The boy's head, the little boy's hair is soft and thin.

The little boy nodded heavily, as if he was satisfied with the answer, and the solemn expression on his face relaxed a little.

"What's your name?"

"Winter."

"Dongdong? It's an easy name to remember. My sister is very hungry now, can Dongdong accompany my sister to eat later?"

"Xia Chengqi." Su Qingmo had already stood not far away and silently watched the interaction between the two. At this moment, she walked towards Xia Chengqi, holding a plastic bag in her right hand.