monologue

Xia Ci went to the team in the morning, but he didn't see Chu Xingmu's people, and he called him several times but he didn't answer, Xia Ci remembered that Chu Xingmu said he was going to take two days off.

Chen Yuyao finished handling the official business at hand, and spent half a day planning to call Chu Xingmu and Xia Ci to go to the South Mansion together. Before he stepped into the criminal investigation team's office, Xia Ci pushed him out: "Let's go there first. Let Qin Wan and the others wait anxiously, Lao Chu has rebelled against the organization."

Chen Yuyao stretched his neck to take a look in, and asked, "Where's the little consultant of your team?"

Xia Ci said, "I've also asked for leave."

Chen Yuyao looked like "I understand", taking advantage of Chu Xingmu's absence, he said, "Old Chu is really not a thing."

Xia Ci followed suit: "I think so too."

Zhao Chen ran up from downstairs with a big bag of things, patted the snow on his body and asked them: "Captain Chen, deputy team, we want to cook hot pot, don't you want to eat some together?"

Knowing that Qin Wan was going to invite a big meal, and the hot pot couldn't keep the two people's stomachs at all, Xia Ci said, "Eat slowly, I have something to go out for."

As soon as the two turned around and were about to leave, Chen Yuyao saw Han Yang coming up with a pot. Chen Yuyao greeted Han Yang, but Han Yang ignored him and walked straight into the office. Chen Yuyao told Xia Ci He muttered, "Why does he hold grudges like this?"

Zhao Chen put the dishes on the table and ran over to greet Han Yang. Lang Lang saw the pot in Han Yang's hand and asked vigilantly, "Han Fayi, you haven't cooked anything strange in this pot, have you?"

Han Yang put the pot on Chu Xingmu's desk and said, "I usually use a pressure cooker to cook the pubis."

Lang Lang, Zhao Chen, Qi Shaocheng: "..."

Bai Yao went to tea to indirect hot water, didn't hear what Han Yang said, and happily came out with a hot water pot and said, "On snowy days, hot pot should be served. He won't be angry if we cook hot pot on the team leader's table." Bar?"

Zhao Chen waved his hand: "He's not here, let's cook secretly."

Han Yang plugged in the pot, sat down on Chu Xingmu's chair, and put the bottom of the hot pot that Zhao Chen brought over into the pot. Bai Yao sighed, "Does Han Fayi know how to cook?"

Han Yang sighed sadly and said, "Oh, I was forced out by Chu Xingmu year after year."

Tang Zhe asked: "Does Team Chu often go to the forensic department for food?"

"Is he like that? I've been on blind dates for several times, and he's made me dirty indirectly. It's not easy for a single man. You have to cook all the hot meals by yourself."

Zhao Chen and Qi Shaocheng agreed with both hands. Another year has passed, and the criminal investigation team's exit rate is only 10%, which is still accounted for by Chu Xingmu himself.

Classes end at the end of the year, and the music room will also be on holiday. Li Xiaowen went to the music room for the last time a year ago. Two days earlier, he received a call from Chu Xingmu, saying that Sheng Changxiao wanted to see him, but Li Xiaowen couldn't get over the test in his heart. If He said that he could understand what Sheng Changxiao did before, but after he learned that he kidnapped Song Yan and killed his own father, he couldn't face Sheng Changxiao like before.

Li Xiaowen was actually very conflicted about these things in his heart. He sympathized with Sheng Changxiao's experience and did not agree with Sheng Changxiao's actions, so he fell into a dilemma. It was not important to him whether Sheng Changxiao saw or not. He had been with a murderer for more than ten years. Friends, after knowing the truth, normal people will avoid it and never want to have anything to do with the other party.

He hesitated and walked out of the music room, locked the door and looked at the key in his hand in meditation. At this moment, footsteps came from downstairs. Li Xiaowen turned his head and saw a woman leading a dull-looking little boy up the stairs. Li Xiaowen recognized the little boy as Jiang Ran.

He suddenly remembered that Wen Ti had tested him several times, had he met Jiang Ran in the music room? Wen Ti was still playing the violin in front of Jiang Ran, and got Jiang Ran's response. The person who arrived must be Sheng Changxiao.

If Jiang Ran accidentally broke into the music room and found him and Song Yan inside, according to Sheng Changxiao's non-stop character, he would definitely not let Jiang Ran go, why would he play the violin for Jiang Ran?

Li Xiaowen felt that Sheng Changxiao still had some conscience and humanity. After hesitating for a long time, he finally decided to see Sheng Changxiao. He wanted to hear Sheng Changxiao's explanation and understand the music tragedy that happened around him.

Xia Ci and Chen Yuyao arrived at the South Mansion, Qin Wan and everyone in the detective agency were waiting for them, even Xu Jingru came, only Chu Xingmu was missing.

Qin Wan asked Xia Ci: "Where is Chu Xingmu?"

Xia Ci replied: "Who knows where I went to be happy."

Qin Wan packed up her things and said with the car keys in hand, "Don't say I'm a stingy treat and don't call him."

Chen Yuyao asked, "Where are you going to eat?"

"Long Jingxuan, as a businessman, I can't be too shabby to treat guests. If I go to a high-end restaurant, if someone sees me treating the two captains of the criminal investigation team and the anti-narcotics team to dinner, and then treats you as scum in the police force, I will be the leader." You can't speak clearly with ten mouths."

The group moved to Longjingxuan. At two or three o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Yuyao and Qin Wan Xu Mei went to Xu Chi's cemetery together. After putting the flowers, Chen Yuyao and Xu Mei said a few words to Xu Chi. I went back to the car first, and after they left, Qin Wan carefully swept the snow off the tombstone and the stele platform with his hands. Even though his hands were red from the cold, he didn’t feel cold. Qin Wan squatted in front of the tombstone and touched it with his hands. That cold name suddenly cried out after touching it for a while.

He wanted to share all the experiences of these five years with Xu Chi, and wanted to tell Xu Chi how difficult it was for him to live without him for five years. He kept going to the White Horse Temple to burn incense and make wishes, hoping to dream of him in his dreams, but five years had passed He never dreamed about Xu Chi once.

Qin Wan took out the photo and the two bullets that he had been carrying close to his body from his bosom, and sat on the stele, weeping uncontrollably.

They fell in love for ten years, but in the end Xu Chi left only one name, reminding Qin Wan that this person really existed, and Xu Chi paid for the rest of his life with his life.

Qin Wan heard the sound of "rustling" getting closer, and raised her head abruptly. Wen Ti and Chu Xingmu stood not far away and looked at him. Then Qin Wan wiped her face with her sleeve and stood up. .

Wen Ti stepped forward and handed Qin Wan a few tissues. Qin Wan noticed the ring on his hand, took the tissue and said, "Thank you."

Chu Xingmu walked around them and put a bouquet of flowers on the stele, then stood up and said to Qin Wan, "You have lived up to his expectations, you are much more mature than before."

Qin Wan smiled wryly: "No matter how mature I am, he won't be able to come back."

Chu Xingmu couldn't say any consoling words for a while, so he could only change the topic, "I will have to ask you for help in the next few years, so don't close down the detective agency in a fit of anger."

The South Mansion Detective Agency was originally opened by Qin Wan for the convenience of investigating Xu Chi's case. He is the boss of a security company. Qin Wan thought for a while and said, "I have long wanted to close the Detective Agency."

Chu Xingmu glanced at Wen Ti, held Qin Wan's shoulders and talked with Wen Ti on his back for a while, the two of them glanced at Wen Ti from time to time, and Wen Ti stood quietly waiting for them to finish speaking.

In the end, they didn't know what deal they had reached. They looked at each other with a smile, and Qin Wan walked up to Wen Ti and handed him a business card, saying, "General Manager Wen, I want to meet you as the owner of the security company."

Wen Ti's gaze shifted from Chu Xingmu's face to Qin Wan's, and said very bluntly: "Sorry, Wen's Group has not set foot in the security industry yet."

Qin Wan put the business card into Wen Ti's hand and said, "The business is negotiated, don't refuse in such a hurry, maybe you will need my help in the future."

Wen Ti looked at Chu Xingmu, Chu Xingmu nodded at him, Qin Wan put his hands in his pockets, looked back at the tombstone and said, "I'm leaving first, Lao Chen and the others are still waiting."

Wen Ti walked to Chu Xingmu's side and watched Qin Wan go down the steps with him. He put the business card back in Chu Xingmu's hand and said reluctantly: "Da Xuetian asked me to accompany you here to see you and Qin Wan. In front of my face, you want to make an idea of ​​Wen's Group?"

Chu Xingmu said with a smile: "What kind of idea can I make with Wen's Group, at most I can plan for you for a rainy day. The people in your company are not fuel-efficient lamps."

Wen Ti asked: "Are you so clear about the Wen Group?"

"Do you remember the pedophile case?"

Wen Ti's smile slowly disappeared, Chu Xingmu nodded and said: "The email Shen Si sent me not only revealed the criminal evidence of Cheng Hai and Wang Yuemin, but also some business tycoons involved in that case And officials, there are people from the Wen Group, I don't have that much power and manpower to continue the investigation, so I burned the list."

"You have seen the price that Xu Chi paid for investigating Zhao Hailu. I remember everyone on that list, but I dare not risk the lives of my colleagues. In some cases, we are powerless. I am like this, and so is Chen Yuyao. Otherwise, Zhao Hailu would have died five years ago." It was the first time Chu Xingmu said these words to Wen Ti.

"I haven't asked you yet, how did Qin Wan and Xu Chi know each other?"

Chu Xingmu recalled for a while, and said: "The two of them seem to have graduated from the same police academy."

"Is it the same as you and Wen Xiangqin?"

Chu Xingmu grabbed the scarf tassel around Wen Ti's neck and asked, "What do you think?"

Wen Ti smiled and said, "I still like Captain Chu's distinction between public and private."

Chu Xingmu said: "Even people and hearts are yours, aren't you satisfied?"

"That's not true. I'm afraid that Wen Xiangqin will speak ill of me behind my back."

"Am I like the kind of person who just listens to slander?"

The two chatted and walked to the parking space. Chu Daha stuck his tongue out on the car window and saw the two of them jumping around in the car when they came back. Wen Ti opened the co-pilot's door in a daze, then closed the door In the back seat, Chu Xingmu turned his head and gave Wen Ti the co-pilot's upholstery. Thinking of Wen Ti's embarrassment mixed with a bit of anger in the scene the night before, Chu Xingmu also knew that he might have done too much , so I followed Wen Ti in various ways since I got up in the morning, and thoughtfully prepared a cushion for him, and then took Wen Daju's cat cage from the back seat to the passenger seat.

Wen Ti got into the car and started playing games. Chu Daha obediently lay on the seat, put his head on Wen Ti's lap and fell asleep. During this period, Chu Xingmu chatted with him a lot. If you are happy, you can answer him a few words, if you are not happy, just ignore it. A good boy was "revenged" by Chu Xingmu and became a bad boy. He still gritted his teeth when he was playing games. If there is no one, he might still say A few bad words.

Chu Xingmu looked at him in the rearview mirror several times. Wen Ti seemed a little sleepy and closed his eyes. Chu Xingmu turned on the car stereo and played his favorite music.

Halfway through, I switched to the car radio station. What was playing on the radio station was a drama promotional film. Chu Xingmu had hardly watched the drama, so he was not interested in this kind of content. Wen Ti opened his eyes when he heard the content of the drama.

"Gold-plated sin, the strong spear of justice will snap; Wrap it in rags, and a dwarf's straw will pierce it."

Chu Xingmu turned his head to look at Wen Ti: "What?"

"It's a line from "King Lear." Let's see a play of it sometime."

Chu Xingmu agreed, and checked it on his mobile phone, "The first performance will be at the Qingshi Grand Theater on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and it will still be a tour performance."

But the tickets seemed to have been booked long ago, and Chu Xingmu thought of a way to get two tickets.

"Did you say that Mr. Zhong has always called himself King Lear?"

"Well, but I always thought he was pretending to be crazy, including his subsequent suicide, which is also suspicious."

"Where were you when he killed himself?"

"I remember that day when the nurse finished his ward rounds and gave us a lunch break, I slept on the hospital bed next to him and waited for him to read the next page of the story to me. I dreamed that he said goodbye to me and then woke up."

"His health is indeed not very good. First, the doctor in the hospital, then the police, and later I heard from the doctor in the office that he had taken a whole bottle of chlorpromazine the day before, and no one noticed his abnormality."

Chu Xingmu said: "I went to Nanjia that year because of this case, and Zhou Jinlin was in charge of the investigation."

"I mentioned this case to Director Wu, but he hasn't notified me until now. No matter what, I will take care of this case."

Wen Ti was afraid that he would be a burden to Chu Xingmu. He didn't think so much when he first joined the criminal investigation team, but now when Chu Xingmu was really going to help them investigate the case again, Wen Ti suddenly felt a little guilty. Restarting itself is not easy, and more manpower and energy have been invested in it. It has been nearly ten years, and the investigation has become much more difficult. Even if they learn from the experience of the case more than ten years ago, there may not be results. If there is no evidence to prove that there were loopholes in the investigation process of that case, Chu Xingmu will be responsible for all the responsibilities and consequences if there is no result within the time limit.

The car drove slowly into a neighborhood, Wen Ti glanced out the window and started to get nervous, Chu Xingmu said: "Don't feel restrained when you arrive at my parents' house, or they will say that I bully you because I am bigger than you."

Wen Ti smiled and said, "Do you need me to say good things to save your image?"

"They don't believe you even if you tell me." Chu Xingmu found a parking space and turned off the ignition, took out the car key and got out to get the things in the trunk. Wen Ti opened the back door and Chu Daha ran away. go out.

Chu Xingmu called Chu Daha with big bags and small bags, and it ran into a unit building as if it didn't hear it. Wen Ti carried Wen Daju's cat cage and said, "I've never seen it happy before."

Chu Xingmu was too lazy to arrange for Chu Daha: "It's like this every time I come back. I ran away as soon as the car door opened. After a while, my parents should be waiting at the stairs."

"You carry these light ones." Chu Xingmu changed the things in Wen Ti's hand, "Why is Wen Daju so heavy again? Did it steal Chu Daha's dog food again?"

Wen Ti took a photo on the car window. The black coat and dark suit looked decent and would not make people feel frivolous or not doing business properly. Although he had met Chu Xingmu's parents for a long time, it was his first time here. His parents' house.

Wen Ti followed Chu Xingmu into the unit building. Wen Ti, who usually doesn't even want to walk up three flights of stairs, didn't say a word about being tired after walking five floors this time. Chu Xingmu explained: "My dad used to be a The principal of the police academy, the older generation is used to being low-key and frugal, and they don’t like that kind of elevator room, so they have been living here.”

Wen Ti said, "Did you grow up here?"

"I didn't live here when I was young, but my dad moved here to make it easier for my mom to go to school."

When they reached the stairs on the fourth floor, Chu Daha suddenly ran down the stairs, and excitedly circled around Chu Xingmu and Wen Ti. Wen Ti looked up and saw Xi Rui standing at the door with the door open, waiting for them.

Chu Xingmu smiled and said, "Mom, why didn't I get this kind of treatment when I went home before?"

"Hello, Auntie." Wen Ti walked to the door first.

Xi Rui said: "Hurry up and get in the house, isn't it cold outside? Your ears are red from the cold, why don't you even wear a hat?"

Chu Xingmu and Wen Ti entered the door and heard the sound of cooking in the kitchen. Chu Xingmu changed his shoes and said, "I haven't eaten the dishes made by old Comrade Chu for almost a year."

Chu Mianzhi yelled from the kitchen: "Then you came back today to have dinner?"

Xi Rui came out of the kitchen with a bowl of soup and greeted Wen Ti to sit down, put the soup in front of Wen Ti and said: "Xing Mu said that you have had a cold for several days, this is the egg water that your uncle just made, hurry up while it is hot drank."

Wen Ti took the egg water and said with a smile, "Thank you uncle."

When Chu Xingmu passed by the dining table, he took a sip of Wen Ti's egg water, then blinked at Wen Ti, and said, "I haven't drunk egg water for many years."

Xi Rui went to the kitchen to bring another bowl of egg water to Chu Xingmu, and Chu Xingmu brought the original bowl over to Wen Ti and said, "I'll drink a bowl if I get your light."

Wen Ti took a sip from the bowl and said, "It's delicious."

Xi Rui said: "Let's stay at home tonight, I have tidied up the room."

"Okay, we'll go out with you and Comrade Chu tomorrow." Chu Xingmu walked into the kitchen with ease after washing his hands.

Chu Mianzhi and Chu Xingmu were cooking in the kitchen. After a while, they came out and asked him what kind of food he wanted to eat. Xi Rui and Wen Ti sat in the living room chatting and watching TV. By the way, they talked about the research team. Chu Daha and Wen Da Ju chased and played around on the ground.

Chu Xingmu came out of the kitchen with a plate of braised pork and said, "Try my dad's braised pork today. You always say that my cooking is too sweet."

Wen Ti looked up at Chu Xingmu, feeling that this scene seemed familiar, he seemed to have dreamed that when passing by here alone, someone was waiting for him to go home, and he followed him from that world to this world.

Wen Ti laughed and said, "But I like sweet things."

The author says:

It's 12:30 in the evening when I finish writing...